Jason Blum Quotes
I think if you went to a studio and pitched the first 'Insidious,' it never would have gotten made because it was so offbeat.
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I wrote seven Myron Bolitar novels in a row, and I never want to write a Myron book where he just solves a crime. Every one of them I want to be personal, and I want him to grow and change. The problem with that is, it makes the series limited, you can't write a series where a guy is always going through some kind of crisis.
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My work as a screenwriter has influenced my fiction. Writing screenplays forces you to consider many elements regarding story structure and other narrative devices that can be used to enhance the infinitely more complex demands of a novel.
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Films don't decide my whole life. They are just a part of who I am. What I do in my personal life should be of no concern to the filmmakers or the fans.
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There is no investment you can make which will pay you so well as the effort to scatter sunshine and good cheer through your establishment.
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I was cast in 'Thor' and I'm cast as a Nordic god. If you know anything about the Nords, they don't look like me but there you go. I think that's a sign of the times for the future. I think we will see multi-level casting. I think we will see that, and I think that's good.
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Many children make up, or begin to make up, imaginary languages. I have been at it since I could write.
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The best fiction stays with you and changes you.
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When the Transportation Security Administration adopted body scanners at airports, activists wrote the Fourth Amendment on their underwear in metallic paint readable by the new devices.
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It began to dawn on me that perhaps my country needed me more at home than overseas.
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Frankly, I thought we would have lost the House by now.
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In 1983, I was working at an art gallery in Los Angeles and going to film school at Los Angeles City College. At that time, Jean-Michel Basquiat was a young painter and was visiting L.A. for his first show at the Larry Gagosian Gallery.
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You're people, in short, who must be stupid, insane, or evil to continue arguing - in the face of indisputable facts and irrefutable logic - that others must be forced into a state of helplessness and victimized by individual criminals or the state. Stupid, insane, or evil.
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I shall never write an autobiography, I'm much too jealous of my privacy for that.
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Everyone thinks chemistry and alchemy are so similar, but they’re really not. They’re not even related. They just happen to live in the same house.
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‘...You know what they call you expatriates? White leeches.’
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I just want to ask a question:Who really cares?To save a world in despairThere'll come a time, when the world won't be singin'Flowers won't grow, bells won't be ringin'Who really cares?Who's willing to try to save a worldThat's destined to die?
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I only wish Chet Atkins could be here for this joyous occasion.
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Women think the people that I play are smoldering and dangerous. I look in the mirror, and I go, 'I don't get it.'
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Theoretically the human is supposed to be the smart one so as you get acquainted with the horse, you explore what it's going to take for him to understand what you would like him do, with as little trouble as possible. You're trying to avoid conflict, not trying to create it.
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When I was growing up I spent a lot of time reading about ancient China and was really fascinated.
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That the opposition forces have made advancement is a mere lie. The opposition have no support among the people. If the opposition had made ... any advancement towards us ... it would have been reported in the media.
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My compulsion to always be working has become less strong and my current business is purely down to this enormous alimony. If I wasn't doing this I'd be making documentaries about wildlife and other subjects that interest me.
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Second-generation Muslims who have lived all their lives in Europe are turning up among the suicide bombers and terrorists.
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I think if you went to a studio and pitched the first 'Insidious,' it never would have gotten made because it was so offbeat.
