John Sayles Quotes
I've always felt like I was on the margins. Once upon a time that's what independent used to mean.
Quotes to Explore
-
Weirdly, often the more I write, the more ideas I have.
-
I have a love/hate relationship with just about everything, but certainly with America.
-
Creativity runs across many categories in life, from the arts-and-crafts project a mum or dad does with their kids, to the bestselling author's manuscript, to the designs of the hairdresser, to the creations of the computer programming genius.
-
There is a saying: 'The child is parent to the adult', which means whatever happens to you as a child or teenager affects the adult you become. You are forged in your history. And fiction is an incredibly important force in shaping children, and that's why fiction needs to be diverse.
-
Animation is different from other parts. Its language is the language of caricature. Our most difficult job was to develop the cartoon's unnatural but seemingly natural anatomy for humans and animals.
-
This is my ultimate fantasy: watching QVC with a credit card while making love and eating at the same time.
-
I'm all over the place, and I consider myself a bit of a scrounger: 'What will I do next, so I'm not broke?'
-
There is a very thin line between confidence and arrogance.
-
I'll admit it: I'm a control freak. I am. If I'm going to do something, I'm going to do it 110% or there's no point in doing it at all, especially if the work takes me away from time with my husband and children.
-
I want to still be able to garden while I can bend over.
-
I never thought I would go to Gaza. It's incredibly difficult to get into, and when you get there, it's a war zone. Then they have this beach, and there's this incredible, vibrant beach culture there, which is something that I grew up with in Southern California.
-
Even today, I frequently meet scientists who, outside their own narrow discipline, are superstitious.
-
There was never any question that I would go to college, that I would travel, that I would go to the theater early and often.
-
My mother is my hero.
-
It is possible for a kid from east Texas, raised in south central LA and Carson, who believes in his dreams, commits himself to them with his heart, to touch them and to have them happen.
-
I love working in Canada. The ovation is great. It makes me feel like I'm the top dog.
-
I think Mickey Gall's going to be really good.
-
You win as a team, you lose as a team, you also do so many things together.
-
You have to have sympathy for and an empathy with a character in order to play them.
-
I think there is great interest amongst the younger people in this music. I think that there is a lot of them that are looking for interesting situations and music that is stimulating.
-
My ideas tend to arise out of nowhere when I'm not intentionally trying to think of something.
-
No matter what you look like, there's somebody who's gonna think you're the handsomest man in the world.
-
To apologize for what you most wanted to do, to concede that it was obnoxious, boring, 'vulgar and unsafe' - that was the worst thing.
-
I've always felt like I was on the margins. Once upon a time that's what independent used to mean.
