Negin Farsad Quotes
There's something about political comedy that sometimes closes people off, and my general goal is to open people right up.
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There is no other way of writing a novel than to begin at the beginning at to continue to the end.
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If they can't do it in California, it can't be done anywhere.
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It is better to look ahead and prepare than to look back and regret.
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In skating over thin ice our safety is in our speed.
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Most people don't really understand what it takes to get a film made, and the struggles .I think anyone who makes a film goes through their own set of struggles.
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My hobbies include maintaining my physical and mental health. It's a full-time job. Yoga definitely helps for both of them. I'm a big fan of relaxing and not having a schedule. That's my best way to keep from going crazy.
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It is unsound for an independent editor to be a financial contributor to any cause which would cause any type of special pleading.
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Sometimes when we label something dystopian fiction, I feel like we're trying very hard not to use the words 'science fiction,' because science fiction has those horrible connotations of rocket ships and bodacious babes.
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The sky broke like an egg into full sunset and the water caught fire.
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I was never someone that was attached to any party. You know, I've always been an independent person. I'd like to remain like that.
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I've always believed human blood is red because it really needs to draw attention to itself.
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You have to study the people and the ones that measure up are not always the ones you expect.
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Hamm: Can there be misery (he yawns) loftier than mine?
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To me, a leader is someone who holds her- or himself accountable for finding potential in people and processes. And so what I think is really important is sustainability.
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My favorite artist in the world is Michael Jackson, and he revolutionized the music video aspect of music.
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And the biggest improvement I see between 'Up in the Air' and 'Juno' and 'Thank You for Smoking' is that 'Up in the Air' deals with the complicated human stuff in a way that my other films have not. It's a more articulated film, and because of that, I'm most proud of it.
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I would say what you have to do as a screenwriter is strip the book back to find the skeleton. When you've found the skeleton - that's what you trust - you reclothe.
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My dad is from India, my mom is from Russia. Fortunately, we moved a lot. I went to a lot of different schools and completely different cultures, so that's my background.
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Marriage brings up all the things I pushed to the back burner - the fears, the mistrust, the doubts, the insecurities. It's like opening Pandora's box.
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The library was open for one hour after school let out. I hid there, looking at art books and reading poetry.
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As a novelist, I tell stories and people give me money. Then financial planners tell me stories and I give them money.
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I'll tell something, a lot of times I'd listen to Charlie and some of the interviews he had and he said, 'Well, yeah, I was a garbage goal collector.' But he knew the timing. I knew where he was.
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There's something about political comedy that sometimes closes people off, and my general goal is to open people right up.
