Melissa Mathison Quotes

I avoid listening to too many people's comments about my script. I have learned to take in what is of use. It's too frustrating looking at somebody's notes who didn't get what you were doing. If somebody says, 'This stinks, and here are all the reasons,' that's not going to help you.

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• There's a perception out there that the U.K. has become unfriendly to immigrants. Even if that isn't true, the very fact that that is the perception will make people not even want to come.

  

  Venkatraman Ramakrishnan
  • People
  • True
  • Perception

• Advertising is what you do when you can't go see somebody. That's all it is.

  

  Fairfax Cone
  • You
  • See
  • Advertising

• I don't have traceable literary models because I haven't had great literary influences in my life.

  

  Manuel Puig
  • Life
  • Great
  • My Life

• Some of the furor that surrounded a Harry Potter publication was fun.

  

  Joanne Rowling
  • Fun
  • Some
  • Harry Potter

• Some men think that if you're empowered and sure of yourself then you're a man-hater, but it's like, 'No, I'm just the same as you are, but maybe just a tiny bit more confident.'

  

  Paloma Faith
  • Men
  • Think
  • Yourself

• I think it just came to a point where I made a decision to do better with my life and health. And that is only by God's grace because there are no guarantees.

  

  Natalie Cole
  • Life
  • God
  • Health

• Luckily, I was raised by people who'd already seen all the yuck stuff, which is why they originally didn't want me to act. I understood the difference between getting a part at a Hollywood party and getting a job.

  

  Laura Dern
  • People
  • Why
  • Job

• It is an endless procession of surprises. The expected rarely occurs and never in the expected manner.

  

  Vernon A. Walters
  • Never
  • Endless
  • Surprises

• Our career had a sort of funny shape.

  

  Walter Becker Steely Dan
  • Career
  • Funny
  • Shape

• The E.U. can deliver on its citizens' needs and make its partnerships work only if we all act together - E.U. institutions and national governments, at all levels, united.

  

  Federica Mogherini
  • Work
  • Together
  • Partnerships

• I definitely like wearing leotards.

  

  Maddie Ziegler
  • Like
  • Definitely
  • Wearing

• We have to keep in mind that it's not just about the numbers of people who died; it's also the manner which many of these victims met their deaths.

  

  Iris Chang
  • People
  • Mind
  • Numbers

• I like to look strong and commanding.

  

  Zoe Saldana
  • Strong
  • Like
  • Look

• I don't think that early hip hop stood out to be a social critique. A lot of fans of mine think that hip hop's ultimate responsibility is to critique social structures.

  

  Talib Kweli Black Star
  • Think
  • Responsibility
  • Fans

• I think my purpose was just to get out and sing. I love to sing. I wasn't even in it for the - you know, the prize. I was, like, 'Hey, man, I'm going to sing.'

  

  Fantasia Barrino
  • Man
  • Purpose
  • Like

• Although, you know it's been really nice to wear the Olympic kit, I'm looking forward to wearing non-sports, feminine clothes.

  

  Victoria Pendleton
  • Nice
  • Sports
  • Clothes

• You spend five months filming in outer space and saving the world, and suddenly that kind of family unit and story disappears, and you come crashing back down to Earth, and you have to do your own washing... and most actors are insecure that the last job they did will be their last job ever.

  

  Sam Worthington
  • World
  • Family
  • Job

• Since we are not permitted to act, we are obliged to know.

  

  Jack Vance

• A society whose members are united by the fact that they think in the same way in regard to the sacred world and its relations with the profane world, and by the fact that they translate these common ideas into common practices, is what is called a Church. In all history, we do not find a single religion without a Church.

  

  Emile Durkheim
  • World
  • History
  • Society

• We never can tell how our lives may work to the account of the general good, and we are not wise enough to know if we have fulfilled our mission or not.

  

  Ellen Swallow Richards
  • Good
  • Work
  • May

• The outcome of my days is always the same; an infinite desire for what one never gets; a void one cannot fill; an utter yearning to produce in all ways, to battle as much as possible against time that drags us along, and the distractions that throw a veil over our soul.

  

  Eugene Delacroix
  • Soul
  • Desire
  • Outcome

• My whole being and approach to work is shaped by Karan Johar. From him, I have learned that people should love to work with you, and you should give out warmth and energy to them.

  

  Alia Bhatt
  • People
  • Work
  • Energy

• I avoid listening to too many people's comments about my script. I have learned to take in what is of use. It's too frustrating looking at somebody's notes who didn't get what you were doing. If somebody says, 'This stinks, and here are all the reasons,' that's not going to help you.

  

  Melissa Mathison
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