Paul Schrader (Paul Joseph Schrader) Quotes

I don't think it's very useful to open wide the door for young artists; the ones who break down the door are more interesting.

Paul Schrader

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• One of the saddest things I've seen in Amazonian cultures is people who were self-sufficient and happy that now think of themselves as poor and become dissatisfied with their lives. What worries me is outsiders trying to impose their values and materialism on the Piraha.

  

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• If you don't show care and love for your children and leave the mothers to take care of all their needs, if they grow up, they will also not consider you.

  

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• If Russia did interfere in our election - and, by most accounts, they did - then it is imperative for the health of our democracy to have a thorough and unbiased investigation into the matter.

  

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• If you can create an environment where people are invited to do their best work and the best ideas always win, then the project itself will win.

  

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• You may write me down in history with your bitter, twisted lines. You may trod me in the very dirt, but still, like dust, I'll rise.

  

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• All artists are equal when they are themselves.

  

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• With Geoffrey, it was the first time we did music together, we understood that everything could be well, and without any problem. And we didn't need to rehearse too much.

  

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• I don't think it's very useful to open wide the door for young artists; the ones who break down the door are more interesting.

  

  Paul Schrader
  • Interesting
  • Door
  • Break