William Gibson Quotes
I don't generate a storyline and then fill it out in the course of writing. The story actually generates in the course of the writing. It's one of the reasons I've never been comfortable doing screenplays, because in order to get the contract for the screenplay, you have to sit down and tell them what's going to happen.
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Unlike the Marxists, I have no mind block against the U.S.
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Because the nights bring the threat of invasion and terror to the villages, thousands of children in northern Uganda have become night commuters, leaving the nightmare of capture behind for the safety of the city.
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Unless and until you inspire the people, you will not get results. Imposition will never give you the results. Inspiration will always give you the results.
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On the contrary, I'm a strong believer in the necessity of imperfection coming into the film.
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I want babies. I think I'll be a great dad.
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Contrary to popular belief, I'm not always trying to stand out.
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The emperor is in the Church, not above the Church.
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Are you used to entertaining everyone with your tales of drama and conflict? Do you get attention and feel important every time you complain about how awful this man is? Stop settling for attention for the negative stuff in your life.
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There are films you see that only reach your eyes. Then there are films that you can watch... that reach down to your throat, or reach your heart. 'In the Mood for Love,' though, reached all the way to my belly.
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Dolphins games always have been among the most popular NFL telecasts in England.
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If you have a sense of style and purpose and will you don't want to compromise.
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I'll never get married again, and I always hate to say never to anything, but I will never marry again.
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If you hear me out, I believe you'll discover that what motivates me more than any other issue is the defense of everyone's rights.
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When I write a goal down - and I truly write them down - it becomes a part of me. That's a contract that I sign with myself to say, 'I don't care what happens - I'm going to stay on this path. I'm going to try and see this through; I'm going to give it my best shot, my best effort.'
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You spend so much to buy these media net stories or full page ads to build perception... you can rather save this money and put it in the making or marketing of the film.
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They call me Fearless Felix.
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Once you begin being naughty, it is easier to go and on and on, and sooner or later something dreadful happens.
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I was one of those girls in class who always had her hair in plaits, was always with the boys, always playing football in the street.
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Optics, developing in us through study, teach us to see.
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It's good fun, yes, but when we play, we take it seriously and want to do well.
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The great gift of conversation lies less in displaying it ourselves than in drawing it out of others. He who leaves your company pleased with himself and his own cleverness is perfectly well pleased with you.
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When we were kids, we would just go walking: just walk in a direction and hope that you were gonna find a crashed alien spaceship or buried pirate's treasure or something like that. You never did. You'd find, like, a coyote skeleton, something like that. That was the most exciting thing you'd ever find.
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Freedom is not the right to do what we want, but what we ought.
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I don't generate a storyline and then fill it out in the course of writing. The story actually generates in the course of the writing. It's one of the reasons I've never been comfortable doing screenplays, because in order to get the contract for the screenplay, you have to sit down and tell them what's going to happen.
