Nicholas Stoller Quotes
When I write something, it's usually 'cause I think it's funny or I have a way in, but when I direct something, I really need to be close to it.
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The only way to do is just to go for it, otherwise it ends up looking phoney.
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I don't walk into the lab in the morning thinking, 'I am a woman, and I will carry out an experiment that will conquer the world.' I am a scientist, not male or female. A scientist.
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I developed an optical lure that imitates certain types of bioluminescent displays that I think might be attractive to large predators. The other way to do it is just use dead bait, but I think dead bait attracts scavengers, and we wanted to attract active predators.
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You need people around you that care about you and are thinking about you in your best interest. And keep your mind straight.
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Just as I could tell you about my first Andre Norton novel or my first L'Engle or my first Asimov, I could write a paragraph about how each of these writers influenced me, my writing, and my thoughts, and do to this day.
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I don't believe in 'thinking' old. Although I've transitioned through many bodies - a baby, toddler, child, teen, young adult, mid-life and older adult - my spirit is unchanged. I support my body with exercise, my mind with reading and writing, and my spirit with the knowing that I am part of the Divine source of all life.
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When I first began to write, I was writing on bass, because I was thinking more Public Image, more dub.
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When you write what you know, you stay in control. One of the first things I encourage my writing students to do is to lose control - say what they want to say, break structure.
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I first encountered Bradbury's writing when I was pretty young. He's a great bridge author between young-adult fiction and literature.
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I was paid to read Western economic texts. In a way, the regime paid for their own undermining.
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Giving opens the way for receiving.
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Every moment of a science fiction story must represent the triumph of writing over world-building.
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Because one doesn't like the way things are is no reason to be unjust towards God.
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You don't stop thinking about women just because your wife dies. It's terrible, but you know. I just want the hugs, the kisses. A kiss!
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Every thinking person fears nuclear war and every technological nation plans for it. Everyone knows it's madness, and every country has an excuse.
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Sit still. Stop thinking. Shut up. Get out! The first two of these instructions comprise the whole of the technique of Yoga. The last two are of a sublimity which it would be improper to expound in this present elementary stage.
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Writing, producing and directing, I must say, is incredibly satisfying and gratifying. I've never been happier.
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If you're a writer, the insight of other writers - if there's some kind of Holy Grail message on how to deal with writer's block or how to deal with any problem that can come up - whether you're writing about yourself or a group of people, I find that very interesting.
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We animals live life in all its glorious uncertainty. Why do politicians think they can control events?
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Mind your own business and don't eat junk food. Treat everyone the way you want to be treated, work hard and love what you do.
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People are trying to figure out what American food is; it's certainly an amalgamation.
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With acting, you wanna see if you can get into trouble without knowing how you're gonna get out of it. It's like the exact opposite of war, where you need an exit strategy. When you're acting, you should get all the way into trouble with no exit strategy, and have the cameras rolling.
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When I write something, it's usually 'cause I think it's funny or I have a way in, but when I direct something, I really need to be close to it.
