Ethan Canin Quotes

Books were king, but now movies are king, and books are sort of ignored. So now there's no sense of a welcoming community where you live.

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• I actually think I have an audience member's sensibility about going to the movies.

  

  Samuel L. Jackson
  • Think
  • Audience
  • Movies

• The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame.

  

  Oscar Wilde
  • World
  • Books
  • Shame

• I don't think about who the audience is for my books.

  

  Joanne Rowling
  • Think
  • Audience
  • Books

• Some books are undeservedly forgotten; none are undeservedly remembered.

  

  W. H. Auden
  • Books
  • Forgotten
  • Remembered

• I've always been a huge fan of the 'Pirates of the Caribbean' movies.

  

  Abigail Breslin
  • Always
  • Movies
  • Caribbean

• I steer clear of books with ugly covers. And ones that are touted as 'sweeping,' 'tender' or 'universal.'

  

  Rachel Kushner
  • Books
  • Ugly
  • Universal

• People talk about Hollywood as a myth, but in reality, when you make Icelandic movies and you want to get them distributed in the U.S., you're not really working with Hollywood. The movies I've been making, the first one I made, I made it with Working Title, but it was financed through Universal, so it became a Hollywood production.

  

  Baltasar Kormakur
  • People
  • Reality
  • Movies

• Travel teaches as much as books.

  

  Youssou N'Dour
  • Travel
  • Books
  • Teaches

• My daughter's dabbling in showbiz, and she's done a few commercials. She's auditioned for some movies and shows, so I'm letting her pursue that. I'm OK with it.

  

  Candace Cameron Bure
  • Done
  • She
  • Daughter

• Obviously people read the books in order to be entertained.

  

  Patricia Cornwell
  • People
  • Books
  • Order

• I did direct two short movies. I learned many things, and one of the things I learned was that I am not a director. It has to be visceral, and it's not for me. I feel much more comfortable acting.

  

  Vincent Cassel
  • Acting
  • Movies
  • Director

• I used to always sing my way into the movies and the basketball games or whatever. I'd sing for whoever's on the door, and they'd let me in. I used to think I was Nat King Cole back in the day, you know. So I'd sing something like, 'Mona Lisa, Mona Lisa, men have named you,' and they'd let me in.

  

  Aaron Neville
  • Men
  • Day
  • Door

• Movies can and do have tremendous influence in shaping young lives in the realm of entertainment towards the ideals and objectives of normal adulthood.

  

  Walt Disney
  • Movies
  • Young
  • Influence

• I go to New York to see live shows, not movies.

  

  Gad Elmaleh
  • Live
  • Movies
  • New York

• I hope I'm remembered as the king of the world, the noble man who united all the nations of the earth. But that probably won't happen.

  

  Macaulay Culkin
  • World
  • Hope
  • Man

• Twitter is fun because it lets me stay in touch with all my original readers who grew up with my books. I love hearing from readers instantly on Twitter.

  

  R. L. Stine
  • Fun
  • Books
  • Hearing

• I do read a lot. I read more than I watch movies.

  

  Paolo Sorrentino
  • Movies
  • More
  • Watch

• Brad Pitt has something about him to where he's played different characters in all his movies, and every single time after he's done, I want to be him.

  

  Zack Greinke
  • Time
  • Different
  • Done

• Well, the Empire State was about 40' high in the studio. King Kong was a little model about 2' high, and the scenery that he worked in was in proportion to his size.

  

  Fay Wray
  • High
  • Model
  • King

• I'll probably never win an Oscar, but I'll sure have a lot of fun! I really believe that movies are the great escape.

  

  Steven Spielberg
  • Never
  • Movies
  • Escape

• I always try to be very human in my performances and hang out with my fans. It is cool to be a celebrity, but at the end of the day I want to empower my audience and say, 'Hey, I am just like you.'

  

  Kate Voegele
  • Day
  • Cool
  • End

• That people believe I can be Olympic champ, it just spurs me on.

  

  Katarina Johnson-Thompson
  • People
  • Believe
  • Me

• The true work of a critic is not to make his hearer believe him, but agree with him.

  

  John Ruskin
  • Work
  • Believe
  • Critic

• Books were king, but now movies are king, and books are sort of ignored. So now there's no sense of a welcoming community where you live.

  

  Ethan Canin
  • King
  • Movies
  • Books