Harold Bloom Quotes
I think Freud is about contamination, but I think that is something he learned from Shakespeare, because Shakespeare is about nothing but contamination, you might say.
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I think 'North by Northwest' and 'Rope' and Rear Window' and 'Psycho' are on my list of favorite all time movies. I just think his kind of command as a director was almost unparalleled, and I feel like in certain ways the sort of character-based thriller owes more to Hitchcock than anyone.
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I think the show does better with newsmakers and politicians than it does with actors.
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We would be able to deal with Islam if we were allowed to deal with it in the way we think we should.
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Everyone has something to sell. The greatest thing you can ever sell is an idea or talent.
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You CAN have it all. You just can't have it all at once.
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What matters is that you are doing what you think is right based on the standards which you hold.
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I think that as you get older, you become aware of everything that could go wrong.
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When you're making movies you've got to get obsessive.
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I have an abundance of enthusiasm; however, it would be foolish to think I can predict a future that doesn't exist.
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I'm not a very big fan of 'Slumdog Millionaire.' I think it's visually brilliant. But I have problems with the story line. I find the storyline unconvincing.
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I think the fossil fuel industry is genuinely freaked out by the combination of the price collapse, the divestment movement, and that fact that renewable energy is getting so cheap so fast.
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When you run into something interesting, drop everything else and study it.
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I've always loved science fiction. I think the smartest writers are science fiction writers dealing with major things.
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Even if you throw your hair up in a quick topknot or ponytail, you can add instant polish by wearing a headband or bejeweled barrette.
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The correctness and quality of what you write do not matter; the act of writing does.
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There are a lot of actors who will sit here and talk to you about characters - 'He does this, and she's a really interesting character because she does this.' I'm not like that at all. I'm not an actory actor.
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A book is a gift you can open again and again.
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If you get a guy that can play a couple positions, it helps you out a real lot.
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Paper and ink are all but trash, if I cannot find the thought which the writer did think.
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When there's an authentic mystery, as opposed to just a question being asked, that's what makes you lean forward.
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Artists are political in the sense that they've subtracted themselves from the structure of the marketplace and are contributing something that's not utilitarian. Even though books get sold, and I get advances, I get to look at society and think for a living.
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As a major contemporary composer, Madonna should not let the eye dictate to the ear.
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'Friend Monkey' is really my favorite of all my books because the Hindu myth on which it is based is my favorite - the myth of the Monkey Lord who loved so much that he created chaos wherever he went.
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I think Freud is about contamination, but I think that is something he learned from Shakespeare, because Shakespeare is about nothing but contamination, you might say.
