Derek Cianfrance Quotes
I never learned to be a writer. I never took screenwriting courses. I never read anyone's scripts. As a writer, my only guiding principle has been to write about things that scare me, write about things that make me feel vulnerable, write about things that will expose my deepest fears, so that's how I write.
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Ninety percent of the comic books I've written in the past had little or nothing to do with Islam.
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I am definitely romantic, and I love romantic stories - that's why I keep making romantic movies.
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I see the world in rectangles. If I am talking to someone, I find myself analysing their face, working out how to recreate it in bricks.
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It would have been fun to have played Tim Robbins' role in Bull Durham.
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I had a lot of fun with my costume designer.
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I know something quite sure. We'll never have peace with this Syrian regime. They'll never give us relief, and we'll never forget that.
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A big part of my life is music education because it changed my life - but arts, academics and athletics should all be equally treated in the school.
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Riches do not consist in the possession of treasures, but in the use made of them.
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I really fought to make my character not a stereotype. I play a soap star with dyed blonde hair.
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For an actor, you're rejected eight or ten times a day. All you've got to sell is yourself. You're not selling products, they're not turning down a car, they're turning you down. Most people can't handle that. Most people are essentially not set up that way.
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Jews have always thought that having someone elevated with his head above the grass was not good for the Jews. I never felt that way. I believe that you have to stand up.
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I was on morning TV for 10 years in Chicago.
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Women have got to make the world safe for men since men have made it so darned unsafe for women.
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You can't hold up a blog; you can hold up a magazine.
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The disappearance of Israel as a Zionist project, through war, cultural exhaustion or demographic momentum, is... plausible... Many Israelis see the demise of the country as not just possible, but probable.
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Because the sweeter the cake, the more bitter the jelly can be.
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Look at the newborn baby. It struggles to breathe after living in the womb. And yet, growth comes as a result of struggle. Even when we talk about jihad. We need to attach consciousness to struggle. This struggle has to be both individual and collective.
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I try personally not to be nostalgic.
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One trusted machines. But one never expected machines to return the favor.
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It's fun for someone to poke fun at himself.
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I bought an island in 1987. It's in one of the lakes in Canada. I went around it in my boat and went to the real estate office and bought it. It's the best $65,000 I've ever spent. My family camp on it and we have great times there.
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A man's subconscious self is not the ideal companion. It lurks for the greater part of his life in some dark den of its own, hidden away, and emerges only to taunt and deride and increase the misery of a miserable hour.
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I like it when every pitch counts. There are a lot of people who see it as a negative, but I try to feed off it.
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I never learned to be a writer. I never took screenwriting courses. I never read anyone's scripts. As a writer, my only guiding principle has been to write about things that scare me, write about things that make me feel vulnerable, write about things that will expose my deepest fears, so that's how I write.
