John Whitney "Whit" Stillman (Whit Stillman) Quotes
The dull externals of the screenwriter's working life are well known: We are the people taking up too much table space at cafes.
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Listen, I'm not a politician. I'm not a news reporter. I make music, and I act.
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When I started off in England, HMV or Tower Records would come to meetings and be, like, 'We just don't know what this genre is.' I don't really fit in between Rihanna and Beyonce.
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I would be a fool to put my feet down in a position where I can't accommodate metamorphoses.
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I think comedy is one of the hardest things to do.
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Sharks are being driven to extinction because people want to eat their fins and their flesh.
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I feel like you just need to keep writing until the writing itself just begins to take shape.
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Is Naked Juice a beverage, or is it a snack? I think we can liquefy snacks or snackify liquids.
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The best thing you can do for your body is sleep. It's simple. Cater to your body as much as to your mind. Your body, after all, houses your mind. You have to pay attention to your physicality as much as your mentality.
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It is better to be young in your failures than old in your successes.
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Passion is energy. Feel the power that comes from focusing on what excites you.
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In one case out of a hundred a point is excessively discussed because it is obscure; in the ninety-nine remaining it is obscure because it is excessively discussed.
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What fascinated me, it was not the glory, but the contact with the public.
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How commentators each dark passage shun,And hold their farthing candle to the sun.
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In the case of all things which have a certain constitution, whatever harm may happen to any of them, that which is affected becomes consequently worse; but in like case, a man becomes both better... and more worthy of praise, by making the right use of these accidents.
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Don't kiss a man who hasn't shaved.
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Like wars, forest fires and bad marriages, really stupid laws are much easier to begin than they are to end.
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I think it's boring when everybody wears the same brands or the same styles, and it's like, 'Oh, this is the new trend.'
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Children, I grant, should be innocent; but when the epithet is applied to men, or women, it is but a civil term for weakness.
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As the baby boomers like me are retiring and getting ready to retire, they will spend whatever it takes - and they're the wealthiest generation in our country - to make themselves live an enjoyable life in their retirement years.
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My wife has been incredibly supportive of me as a writer. Trying really hard to make sure I get the space and time I need to work as a writer and being willing to make some of the sacrifices that you have to make to live the life of an artist.
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I'm certainly thankful for what the Cubs did for me. I respect their organization. It's the same way with the Atlanta Braves, an awfully fine organization. I respect everybody who's down there, and that's still where I live today. But the Cardinals represent the best years of my career.
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I have played 50 different kinds of fathers and villains. Only mediocre actors play the part the same way.
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One must in this lower world love many things to know finally what one loves the best.
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The dull externals of the screenwriter's working life are well known: We are the people taking up too much table space at cafes.
