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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I realized I made a big mistake and if I could have it over again, I would do it so much differently.
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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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A movie is about human beings, about humanity.
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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 resent limitations. I'm going to be this way for a while.
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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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Satan's successes are the greatest when he appears with the name of God on his lips.
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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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History is a people's memory, and without a memory, man is demoted to the lower animals.
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Barcelona are my favourite team in Spain, let's put it that way.
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Must! Is must a word to be addressed to princes? Little man, little man! Thy father, if he had been alive, durst not have used that word.
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And we are put on earth a little space, That we may learn to bear the beams of love.
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I really love when music artists like Lady Gaga or Michael Jackson wear outrageous things. Obviously, if I wore something like that I'd look like an idiot, but I really respect fashion.
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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.
