Ben Drew (Plan B) Quotes
I didn't make a film because I wanted a starring role. I made a film because I wanted to tell a story and I wanted to prove that I could direct.
Quotes to Explore
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I was shy. I was painfully shy, until fifth grade when I transferred to another school and befriended the class clown. And one day he was sick and I kinda stepped in for the class clown and I said, 'Wow, this is exciting, I'm a little bit nervous.'
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When someone has to intervene to defend the liberty of the press, that society is sick.
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I think it's time we all agree that gender stereotypes are simply the confabulation of our own mind.
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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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No, you will never see me on 'Dancing With the Stars.' Sorry.
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There is violence in real life but I would never impose violence in a film just to attract the audience.
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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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Growing up in inner-city Glasgow, it sometimes seemed to me money hadn't been invented.
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No man can purchase his virtue too dear, for it is the only thing whose value must ever increase with the price it has cost us. Our integrity is never worth so much as when we have parted with our all to keep it.
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I come from a dysfunctional family, so my views of parents and parenting used to be highly mixed.
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The principle though remains the same, and the important thing is CBS fought hard, very hard, to protect that principle and will fight again.
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I wasn't anything special as a father. But I loved them and they knew it.
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In many of the things that people do, they themselves are the centre of attention, but they inscribe some other name on their banner.
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Great art is the expression of a solution of the conflict between the demands of the world without and that within.
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I would say I've always lived creativity, but now I - I do it with an intention that's got a completely different power.
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I don't teach writing classes anymore, and I'm really glad I don't, because I would feel very strange about telling people, 'Go out there and be a writer, and make a living from it.'
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'Matterhorn' is my metaphor of the Vietnam War - we built it, we abandoned it, we assaulted it, we lost, and then we abandoned it again.
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I had a very difficult relationship with my father, which ended up okay, but there were many difficult years.
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You, too, may strike it rich who dares to play the Westing game.
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My mother always said don't marry for money, divorce for money.
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I'm not afraid of being thought of as someone who is associated with film music. Why not? If it's a good song, what does it matter?
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What we do for others has a direct impact on how we feel about ourselves.
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I worked on 'Blue Peter' and 'Tonight' and lots of TV plays, filmed people like Rudolf Nureyev and Ted Heath, and ended up a senior cameraman with my own crew. I'd had my first short story published in 1947, and when my writing really started to take off I decided to go freelance, and eventually left the BBC in 1965.
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I didn't make a film because I wanted a starring role. I made a film because I wanted to tell a story and I wanted to prove that I could direct.
