Nicolas Winding Refn Quotes
Quotes to Explore
-
Don't send funny greeting cards on birthdays or at Christmas. Save them for funerals, when their cheery effect is needed.
-
I have thought a sufficient measure of civilization is the influence of good women.
-
Without philosophy, history is always for me dead and dumb.
-
All true happiness, pure joy, sweet bounties, and untroubled pleasure lie in knowledge of God and love of God; they cannot exist without them.
-
I get homesick.
-
I have not seen 'Vaalu' yet, but I am sure it will be good.
-
A society in which vocation and job are separated for most people gradually creates an economy that is often devoid of spirit, one that frequently fills our pocketbooks at the cost of emptying our souls.
-
What is this world? A mere curl of smoke for the wind to scatter.
-
If you care about injustice, and if you care about freedom, and you care about human rights, then you care about them everywhere.
-
My dresses are designed to win, so going through it, I think about, what do I want to represent? So, definitely, Vera Wang has been an inspiration for me.
-
I split my commission and personal work about 50 per cent each. It is important to get that balance in life.
-
Put the uncommon effort into the common task... make it large by doing it in a great way.
-
I buy books, I have shelves of books. I love to read.
-
We have to keep the momentum going in the economy. And we have to make sure that we give small businesses as much cash and liquidity as possible so they have the confidence to hire that next worker.
-
But no nation can base its survival and development on luck and prayers alone while its leadership fritters away every available opportunity for success and concrete achievement.
-
I went to an all-girls school, and I always felt like I missed out on a traditional high-school life.
-
I was never really good at anything except for the ability to learn.
-
At the end of the day, it's about the reader's attachment to and belief in the magical elements that make or break magical realism.
-
I'm having to do a lot to keep my clothes on and not be cast in girlfriend roles. Some women will say, "I don't want to be a man - I want the opportunities I can get as a woman." Women have a certain sexuality, and I think their bodies are beautiful and I'm not embarrassed to explore that in a film. But there are things you get offered that are vulgar and violent - just like there's a side of me that's vulgar and violent.
-
We've seen the uproars around the world concerning cartoons depicting the prophet Mohammad. Anyone who does not think comic strips are relevant never had a fatwa put on him/her for drawing a picture.
-
One of the things I've really come to realise is that the chances of arriving at a universal truth are increased if you remain absolutely faithful to the contingencies of your own experience and the vagaries of your own nature.
-
The act of creation can be an extreme violent experience.
