Dick Wolf Quotes
I don't think you can really make television based on what you think audiences want. You can only make stories that you like, because you have to watch it so many times.
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I use SPF every day, then apply foundation, mascara, eyeliner and blusher. I always take my make-up off at night and moisturize.
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I cannot always control what goes on outside. But I can always control what goes on inside.
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I think I'm developing a kind of subconscious loathing of the word 'franchise.' I just think of something that's packaged, something you can buy on a shelf and is immediately disposable. I don't know. It's a really weird word for me.
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I love to drive in the Black Hills of Wyoming and South Dakota with Mount Rushmore as the central stop.
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You know, if one paints someone's portrait, one should not know him if possible.
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Anything you put your mind to and add your imagination into can make your life a lot better and a lot more fun.
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When I was a kid, the only way I saw movies was from the back seat of my family's car at the drive-in.
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Great art - or good art - is when you look at it, experience it and it stays in your mind. I don't think conceptual art and traditional art are all that different.
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Man is a creation of desire, not a creation of need.
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When politicians offer you something for nothing, or something that sounds too good to be true, it's always worth taking a careful second look.
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There was really a snobbery from people in film - they did not want people who had come from television. It was the poor relation of show business, and especially situation comedy.
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I love people, watching people interact. It's a lot of psychology. We learn about ourselves by watching other people's lives on the screen.
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After dinner I'll catch up with emails. And when I'm lying in bed, I think about the next collection. That makes me sound insane, doesn't it? That I'm getting into bed with David Beckham and thinking about clothes?
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Morocco is such a beautiful place. It's incredibly beautiful. And also it is captivating place because for a writer, you feel that you make impact. I mean, when I write something in the press, the day after in the fish market, people will be discussing it.
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I came to cinema for money. I had to settle a loan of Rs 10 lakh. I had no other go, so I thought I'd try my luck in films. I was earning Rs 25,000 at that time. It was not even enough for my family.
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Home has always been one of the most important things. If I don't feel at home in my space, then I feel really unmoored.
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Total falsehoods can be easily exposed for what they are by citing exceptions to their claims. Hence, they are less likely to be accepted as the total truth.
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In 1975, I left the burning city of Beirut for the quiet insanity of England. To say that short, frail and wispy 15-year-old me didn't fit in would be such an understatement as to be a joke.
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People don't realize how a man's whole life can be changed by one book.
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You know, joining a gang is like having a family. It's feeling like you're part of something bigger than yourself. So we're either going to have gangs that murder and rob and do the things that are so destructive to the gang members and to the community. Or, we're going to have positive gangs. We're going to have positive alternatives for young people.
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I don't get recognised that much yet in London, but when I do I get a real sense of achievement.
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To make a film, the final big collaborator that you have is the composer.
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Some of the earlier stuff I did in studio with producers was very pop-directed, which I was uncomfortable with.
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I don't think you can really make television based on what you think audiences want. You can only make stories that you like, because you have to watch it so many times.
