Jim Piddock Quotes
Most of my writing work has been in film. I have done some TV, but most of it has been in film.
Quotes to Explore
-
There is no planning. On the night it is really great, it's euphoria and if it is not so great there is always tomorrow night. That was his attitude.
-
It's hard to make a good movie in four weeks. It's hard. I've done it, but it's not easy.
-
Surely it is time to examine into the meaning of words and the nature of things, and to arrive at simple facts, not received upon the dictum of learned authorities, but upon attentive personal observation of what is passing around us.
-
Many are the names of God and infinite the forms through which He may be approached.
-
I love things that are indescribable, like the taste of an avocado or the smell of a gardenia.
-
Culture is a little like dropping an Alka-Seltzer into a glass - you don't see it, but somehow it does something.
-
You can't be around Oprah and not have her influence you, and I don't mean that because she's doling out the free advice. I mean it because she is someone that leads with truth and follows her heart. She's a force.
-
It has always been a dream of mine to put a play on film.
-
There is only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.
-
The whole idea is whatever you do, have fun with it; try to make sure that it's quality and something you don't mind putting your name on.
-
Everything has its own kind of theatricality and its own drama.
-
I see no marks of Wordsworths style of writing or style of thinking in my own work, yet Wordsworth is a constant presence when I write about human beings and their relations to the natural world.
-
I am positive that I would see the end of child labour around the world in my lifetime, as the poorest of the poor have realised that education is a tool that can empower them.
-
You win as a team, you lose as a team, you also do so many things together.
-
I can sometimes feel like I'm an aggressive man inside. I'm not going to show that on social media.
-
The first job of a writer is to be honest.
-
Many people dream about being an entrepreneur, starting their own business, working for themselves, and living the good life. Very few, however, will actually take the plunge and put everything they've got into being their own boss.
-
Nobody is impervious to misfortune.
-
I don't have a bad relationship. I'm 48 years old. I think life is too short for that. To me, life is... you open the shutters, you see the dogs outside, you look left, you look right, in, what, a second and a half? And that's a life.
-
Historian: an unsuccessful novelist.
-
When the founders retire, it's always difficult for the second generation and third generation.
-
I am very aware of the fact that it's highly unlikely anyone will write an article via their mobile phone. I've done it, but it's painful. And it's not just about the small keyboard and the small screen - though that's awful. It's the emotional experience of writing an article.
-
Most of my writing work has been in film. I have done some TV, but most of it has been in film.
