Nicholas Meyer Quotes
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What I want any genre to do, what I want any work of art to do, is to illuminate the human condition.
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A screenplay is not a finished product; a novel is. A screenplay is a blueprint for something - for a building that will most likely never be built.
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Art and commerce are not irreconciliable, they are inextricably intertwined.
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Leo Tolstoy said the purpose of art is to teach you to love life. And that's what I want.
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The director is a bit analogous to the conductor of a symphony orchestra. It's a collaborative adventure.
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Actors will change their face, will change their hair, will change their voice, will disappear into the role. A movie star doesn't disappear.
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Audiences may be stupid, but they are never wrong.
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Art doesn't just happen by accident. It is about pulling out new tricks and trying new things.
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As a writer, you have control of the words you put on the page. But once that manuscript leaves your hand, you give control to the reader. As a director, you are limited by everything: weather, budget, and egos.
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I was always a filmmaker before I was anything else. If I was always anything, I was a storyteller, and it never really made much of a difference to me what medium I worked in.
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Schools and libraries are the twin cornerstones of a civilized society. Libraries are only good if people use them, like books only exist when someone reads them.