Jim Crace Quotes
Storytelling enables us to play out decisions before we make them, to plan routes before we take them, to work out the campaign before we start the war, to rehearse the phrases we're going to use to please or placate our wives and husbands.

Quotes to Explore
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'Frontline' started doing digital content in 1995. We started streaming our films in 2000.
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The nations of Africa, as is true of every continent of the world, from time to time dispute among themselves. These quarrels must be confined to this continent and quarantined from the contamination of non-African interference.
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If you're in a film that you're proud of and you care about, then you're always happy to talk about it.
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Bigotry tries to keep truth safe in its hand with a grip that kills it.
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I'm a Canadian. Outside Canada I carry the flag. Canadian nationalism isn't as insidious as American nationalism, though. It's good natured. It's all about maple syrup, not war.
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I would definitely like to start a family because it's the most important thing in the world and what you should take care of, along with your friends and the people you love.
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The greatest cunning is to have none at all.
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A true friend encourages us, comforts us, supports us like a big easy chair, offering us a safe refuge from the world.
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Painting what I experience, translating what I feel, is like a great liberation. But it is also work, self-examination, consciousness, criticism, struggle.
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I always try to keep one very feminine quality to my style.
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I love the crowds at festivals because they're so chilled out.
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I tend to like simple music. And clever, succinct lyrics. Songs that don't try to be more than they need to to be effective, to stir up something emotionally within you.
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I try not to push myself too hard, but I also need to perform and earn the results.
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I do my best work if I think about what it is I have to offer.
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The test of good manners is to be able to put up pleasantly with bad ones.
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People say it's a Ponzi scheme, it's a bubble. People really don't want to take it seriously. At some point, that narrative will shift to 'virtual currencies are here to stay.'
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I really love Alexa Chung's style. I really think she gets it right all the time. I've never seen a picture of her where I didn't love the outfit.
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I just want to show the fans my big smile and play the game that I love.
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There's a smartphone gait: the slow sidewalk weave that comes from being lost in conversation rather than looking where you're going.
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A state of war only serves as an excuse for domestic tyranny.
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Flashback episodes are a tried-and-true sitcom device, but they always work!
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I'm not ready to do any compromises for my work.
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Grace Slick was a total trip to work with. Lots of jokes and opinions. A strident individual and super talented!
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Storytelling enables us to play out decisions before we make them, to plan routes before we take them, to work out the campaign before we start the war, to rehearse the phrases we're going to use to please or placate our wives and husbands.