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

• The whole European Federal plan is ridiculous. We are patriotic. The single currency is an outrage. We want the Queen's head - or the King's head, if we have a king - on our own coins.

  

  Victoria Beckham Spice Girls
  • Want
  • Single
  • King

• 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

• He who lives to God rests in his Redeemer's love, and is trying to get rid of his old nature - to him every sorrow, every bereavement, every pain, will come charged with blessings, and death itself will be no longer the ' king of terrors,' but the messenger of grace.

  

  Frederick William Robertson
  • God
  • Trying
  • Nature

• No fish can swim until the King is born, until the King is born in Tupelo.

  

  Nick Cave The Birthday Party
  • King
  • Born
  • Fish

• What are we waiting for? Why is Jesus waiting in heaven at the right hand of the Father? Who is He waiting for? He is waiting for you and me to become mature, for the Bride of Christ to become mature, so that He can come again. Did you know that God has done everything He can do? If anything else is going to be done, we're going to do it.

  

  Earl Paulk
  • God
  • Done
  • Why

• 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