Ernest Borgnine Quotes
Writers used to make such wonderful pictures without all that swearing, all that cursing. And now it seems that you can't say three words without cursing. And I don't think that's right.
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My problem with new writers is that it takes me five or six years to memorise the right names.
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When I went from being an academic to being a member of the community of writers some of my former colleagues did look on me with a certain resentment.
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Hollywood is where they shoot too many pictures and not enough actors.
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I love writers all across the board, but one who influenced me very directly at the beginning was Mary Renault.
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I'm no actor, and I've got 64 pictures to prove it.
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Writers are essential. Readers are essential. Publishers are not.
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Pictures can be devastating. Who allowed John Kerry to get himself photographed windsurfing in a flowered swimsuit? Anyone in the real world in that operation?
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I'm motivated every second by my work; it doesn't switch off. The pictures I make come from every blink of my lashes.
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All of my walls are covered with framed pictures of my friends.
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You know, I put my little brother in the movies and he's still in the pictures. My mother makes me put him in the pictures.
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I love thriller writers. My favourites are Harlan Coban, Lee Child, Ian Rankin, Kathy Reichs and Ed McBain.
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Stop taking pictures and start experiencing life.
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The pictures I make come from every blink of my lashes.
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All I can say is that I am not one of those writers who want 100% of their book in the film. I recognize that film is a different medium and the filmmaker must have the right to bring some new elements to the table, provided the soul of the book is preserved.
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Well, once I did 'Grease,' everyone was offering me studio pictures in a similar vein – you know, popcorn movie.
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Like pictures, men should be judged by their merits and not by their defects.
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I think I draw most inspiration from writers like Richelle Mead and filmmakers like John Hughes. They both really understand the experience of being a teenager and how insistent and intense everything feels, but they're also smart, savvy, and fun.
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I do think Austin is a great town for writers; we have a lot of them here. But I grew up in Austin, and so I didn't move here because it was a creative mecca; I was just lucky to live here.
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Back 12 years ago, when Dr. Mathews was president here, we had a plan that when I got ready to quit, we'd bring a certain guy in and he'd take over that day and I'd leave. But as time wore on, I realized that wouldn't have been good at all.
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Generally I just pick music that I like. That's the part I really enjoy: When I get permission for the songs I want and put them into the scenes. It's always hard when you're doing a low-budget film, so it's great when you can get all the music you want to get.
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I don't think there is such a thing as pure imagination. I think it's a combination of memory and invention.
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When was the last time you spent a quiet moment just doing nothing - just sitting and looking at the sea, or watching the wind blowing the tree limbs, or waves rippling on a pond, a flickering candle or children playing in the park?
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Writers used to make such wonderful pictures without all that swearing, all that cursing. And now it seems that you can't say three words without cursing. And I don't think that's right.
