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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I went from being able to walk down the street and be ignored to having men whistle at me. I was an insecure young girl, and it felt good to have attention, even though it was inappropriate.
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We need to understand where our issues and challenges are and confront them head on. Because you can fix anything if you know there's a problem.
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A passion is a good way to get through something.
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I think the way to understand Teach for America is as a leadership development program.
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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.
