Steven Bochco (Steven Ronald Bochco) Quotes
Being a good television screenwriter requires an understanding of the way film accelerates the communication of words.
Steven Bochco
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Today, not to take away from any of the present artists, but music has gotten a little shallow, in my opinion. Everybody's talking about the same thing: sex, money, clothes, cheating... I want to open up not necessarily better conversations, but, in my opinion, more important ones, and touch on things that are actually going on.
La'Porsha Renae
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I was promised on a time - to have reason for my rhyme; From that time unto this season, I received nor rhyme nor reason.
Edmund Spenser
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I think it's fun to look at people with big diamonds. I see them in my audience all the time, with the fur coat, a woman whose hand is always out front, or the two fingers are on the cheek to show her diamond. I don't have anything against that.
Eartha Kitt
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I don't believe in strong-arming people.
Zachary Levi
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It is very, very easy not to be offended by a book. You just have to shut it.
Salman Rushdie
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Imagination grows by exercise, and contrary to common belief, is more powerful in the mature than in the young.
W. Somerset Maugham
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You just keep moving forward and doing what you do and hope that it resonates with people. And if it doesn't, you just keep moving on until you find a project that does.
Octavia Spencer
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I study history in order to give an interpretation.
Oliver Stone
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I have 250 contacts, employees, and investors who, anytime they come across something relevant, will share it with me. I wake up to 10-15 links that people have explicitly recommended for me. I don't have to look for news anymore; it flows to me.
Garrett Camp
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Music has that ability to be a magical thing, and I was like, maybe music is the vehicle that transports us to that other world.
Zack Snyder
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I always wanted to live the lives of different people, portray characters that are different from me. But I could have done that in front of a mirror, also, I didn't need to do films for that. At the end of the day, it's this fame, recognition, popularity, the love and appreciation you get from your audience that drives you.
Vidya Balan
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'Villain' is such a harsh word.
Ed Westwick
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Either the camera will dance, or I will.
Fred Astaire
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Susan Rodriguez: Harry, have you ever heard of the paperless office?Harry Dresden: Yeah. It's like Bigfoot. Someone says he knows someone who saw him, but you don't ever actually see him yourself.
Jim Butcher
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God doesn’t care what you call yourself. He’s not impressed with Catholic, Protestant, Methodist, Episcopalian, Baptist, Lutheran… Those are words that people made up, and they mean nothing to God…nothing. He sees right through all that stuff, into your heart. It’s not about church, it’s not about doing a list of activities, and it’s not about calling yourself a particular name or going through some particular ritual. It’s much more personal than that.
Vic Mignogna
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Color tends to corrupt photography and absolute color corrupts it absolutely. Consider the way color film usually renders blue sky, green foliage, lipstick red, and the kiddies' playsuit. These are four simple words which must be whispered: color photography is vulgar.
Walker Evans
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Fine words! I wonder where you stole them.
Jonathan Swift
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Being a good television screenwriter requires an understanding of the way film accelerates the communication of words.
Steven Bochco
