Tilda Swinton Quotes
There's no need there to sit with the filmmaker for 11 years to develop the script, or go round the world raising money.
Quotes to Explore
-
Islam is unusual in that it's the only one of the great world religions which was born inside recorded history. That there's an enormous amount of factual historical record about the life of a prophet and about social conditions in Arabia at that time. So it's possible to look at the origin of Islam in a scholarly way.
-
Liberty is a word which, according as it is used, comprehends the most good and the most evil of any in the world.
-
I would like to see every newspaper and every magazine have a network of bureaus all over the world, gathering news.
-
The world of fiction is a sovereign world that comes to life in the author's head and follows the rules of art, of literature. And that is the major difference that is reflected in the form of the work, in its language and its plot. An author invents every aspect of a fiction, every detail.
-
The Internet is just a bunch of servers and broadband cables and routers that traffic data around the world. But I think now the Internet is starting to become an entity that society views as a human thing.
-
I want to do everything in the world that can be done.
-
I really believed that my songs were good enough for the whole world to listen to. I had fans from America or the U.K. who would be like, 'Oh my God, I love your music'.
-
I consider 'Dr. Horrible' a tremendous success. The fact that it won an Emmy I just think lends validity to what we were doing and the point we were trying to make: taking the power into someone else's hands and changing the world.
-
I can say I love working with women. Film is a man's world, and I really appreciate the opportunity to collaborate with women, especially young women.
-
Strong managers who make tough decisions to cut jobs provide the only true job security in today's world. Weak managers are the problem. Weak managers destroy jobs.
-
It's amazing to think how powerful of a force optimism and hope can be. It's the thing that saves me. I believed that I lived in the greatest country in the world. I still believe that, and consequently, I believed that I had a chance, even though things around me were absolutely crazy and difficult.
-
'Lord of the Rings' was about saving the world, big time, big duties.
-
The most interesting letters I received about 'The Name of the Rose' were from people in the Midwest that maybe didn't understand exactly, but wanted to understand more and who were excited by this picture of a world which was not their own.
-
Books that change you, even later in life, give you a kind of electrical shock as the world takes a different shape.
-
It's very hard to find perfection in your life. But in the art world you can do that.
-
When you work on a record for three years, it's a great sense of relief when it is finally out in the world. It just feels good.
-
Tasmania needs a watchdog, not a lap dog.
-
All the best stories in the world are but one story in reality - the story of escape. It is the only thing which interests us all and at all times, how to escape.
-
There is nothing beyond the world except what we see, no background to it except its particular history.
-
I would like to continue acting. But also - if this is a dream world where everything could become true - I'd want to be a ballerina.
-
I always want to say to people who want to be rich and famous: 'try being rich first'. See if that doesn't cover most of it. There's not much downside to being rich, other than paying taxes and having your relatives ask you for money. But when you become famous, you end up with a 24-hour job.
-
I love communicating non-verbally. I find great value in it.
-
There's no need there to sit with the filmmaker for 11 years to develop the script, or go round the world raising money.
