Nicholas Ozeki Quotes
Making a film is like raising a child. You have to be there every step of the way, guide it, provide for it, and finally let it go into the real world and hope you have done a good job. If you don't absolutely love your film then you will loss interest in it and the movie will suffer.
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I view my role now as providing more of a macro-level skepticism, rather than saying this poll is good or this poll is evil.
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During my second draft pass on my last book I made 20,000 words happen in a week, which is practically supernatural for me, and it would never have been possible without three nights in a hotel in my own city.
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Noble character is best appreciated in those ages in which it can most readily develop.
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One thing I really hate is experience. Experience for me doesn't work. Everybody's talking about experience this, experience that.
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There's a great joy in my giving. It's thrilling. It's exhilarating. It's important to be a part of sharing. It is my love. It is my joy.
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All Americans are dependent for their energy on the Arabian peninsula.
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It was on my fifth birthday that Papa put his hand on my shoulder and said, 'Remember, my son, if you ever need a helping hand, you'll find one at the end of your arm.'
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I have been involved with the USO really my entire life. The first show I did for the USO, I was nine years old.
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I remember when 'The Right Stuff' opened in Hollywood. I got dressed that morning and drove my car down to the theatre that it was playing on, thinking that there would be mobs of people outside. When I looked, there was nobody there.
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I love going back and forth from drama to comedy. I love switching it around and showing people that I can do both.
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My favorite toy as a kid was Legos. I loved building things, and that's what we're doing with SumZero.
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It is only a step from boredom to disillusionment, which leads naturally to self-pity, which in turn ends in chaos.
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True intelligence requires fabulous imagination.
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In this business, you just never know from day to day. It's one reason I held off getting too involved in entertainment. I like being able to plan, I like to know what I'm going to be doing.
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I've been a video game guy since I was eight years old and got my first Nintendo. I've been addicted to video games ever since.
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A coward is incapable of exhibiting love; it is the prerogative of the brave.
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Here dead lie we because we did not choose to live and shame the land from which we sprung. Life, to be sure, is nothing much to lose; but young men think it is, and we were young.
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Hatred is blind, as well as love.
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Basically that was the moment when I thought I'd like to do this forever. I never changed my mind.
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Do not confuse your vested interests with ethics. Do not identify the enemies of your privilege with the enemies of humanity.
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Making a film is like raising a child. You have to be there every step of the way, guide it, provide for it, and finally let it go into the real world and hope you have done a good job. If you don't absolutely love your film then you will loss interest in it and the movie will suffer.
