Debra Granik Quotes
All filmmakers want the option to make another film, to have it not always be such an uphill battle - for it to be our life, our working life.
Quotes to Explore
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Physical bravery is an animal instinct; moral bravery is much higher and truer courage.
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The best restriction I learned was getting into the habit of doing something, even if I didn't feel like it, instead of running away from it. Sometimes good work needs to be earned, and when you can overcome yourself, the muse notices and celebrates.
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You must avoid giving hostages to fortune, like getting an expensive wife, an expensive house, and a style of living that never lets you aford the time to take the chance to write what you wish.
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I would do fragrance. I'm a fragrance fanatic.
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I never wanted to give up my given name. I'm proud of it, but the only problem was that no one remembered it. It was just a little too awkward, and they mispronounced it so frequently.
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I do not suppose I shall be remembered for anything. But I don't think about my work in those terms. It is just as vulgar to work for the sake of posterity as to work for the sake of money.
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I don't ever want anything to come in the way of me truthfully telling a story.
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The one word that no politician will ever speak, is 'enough.' Enough.
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I've always been taught that hard work doesn't fail.
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When I was single, I was down to $100 of power a year.
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We want every human being in the womb to be safe, not have these babies be killed to solve some dilemma.
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When a relationship with a director is really working, you have the same idea at the same time. You go, 'Look, this isn't working,' and they'll go, 'I know it's not working. What are we gonna do?' And you go and try something else.
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My brother was a big marathoner. He was a great collegiate runner at Beloit College. He won his conference's races, and he did tons of marathons. I would go out and run with him every once in a while just to hang out with him.
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I knew I wanted considerable education so that I wouldn't have to work as hard as my parents.
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It costs a great deal of money to do a musical, and the more money involved, the more big business influences the artform.
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It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.
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I wanted to start working on something that had a lasting effect.
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The music of the Clovers and Spaniels and the rest was like candy to me. I couldn't get enough; my teachers probably thought I had attention deficit disorder.
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In the entertainment business, the biggest gift you could ever get is not an Oscar, it's not a Grammy, it's longevity.
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My favorite period is World War II, and I'm in the middle of writing my fourth novel set in that era.
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My hope in writing this book has been that enough people will choose to profit from that opportunity to make a difference.
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The death industry markets caskets and embalming under the rubric of helping bodies look 'natural,' but our current death customs are as natural as training majestic creatures like bears and elephants to dance in cute little outfits, or erecting replicas of the Eiffel Tower and Venetian canals in the middle of the harsh American desert.
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I've just sort of gone with the flow and I ended up here. Crazy. I'm not going to start planning anything, my life is way better than anybody could have planned it.
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All filmmakers want the option to make another film, to have it not always be such an uphill battle - for it to be our life, our working life.
