Winona Ryder Quotes
That first movie I did, Lucas 1986, was probably the closest to me. And Beetlejuice a little bit, in the sense that I did look like that. All they did was like put a little white powder here.
Quotes to Explore
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I do not regret the part I have taken in a cause so just and interesting to mankind.
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If you put up a blog, people can cut out the middle man and get material to you. Which is really helpful because a lot of time there's really cool stuff out there that we just don't see. Because, y'know, the agent is acting in our best interest, but it does sometimes prevent some of the good stuff from getting through.
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It's kind of amazing that people will travel because of a book. I admire that.
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With a poetry book I can send 100 copies out to reviewers and other people, and even do it in advance and get their response. It's difficult with iPad: how do you send it out for free, and how do you even disseminate it before it goes into their store?
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I saw what the Depression was doing to my students. Often they could get no jobs, or jobs which were wholly inadequate. And through them, I began to understand how deeply political and economic events could affect men's lives. I began to feel the need to participate more fully in the life of the community.
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My attitude to writing is like when you do wallpapering, you remember where all the little bits are that don't meet. And then your friends say: It's terrific!
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The idea that happiness could have a share in beauty would be too much of a good thing.
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Creating a role is an interesting thing - each show or each situation is different.
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I'm the worst employee in the world. I'll cheat and steal time and resources from my employer, although I'll con everybody into believing I'm essential to the operation.
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I always see where I didn't do things the right way. I only see the heavy lifting. That's a bit of my wisdom, if you want to call it that.
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Just because you're selling out shows doesn't mean you deserve better treatment than the person next door.
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I never have been a coder, outside of when I was twelve or something, like on the Atari 1200 XP or whatever I had.
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Honestly, I just love great performers and people who love what they do.
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I can't say that I've made the transition to movies.
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I'm better off working as opposed to lying around.
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I think art is more glorious than life but not more real.
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If I was gonna go to jail, I don't want to go to jail for stealing a bottle of water. I'll steal that $20 million. At least then it was worth it.
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My grandma did opera singing for the better part of her life; she used to sing all over the place. My grandpa was a sax player, and he used to travel all over the place, too.
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The American Dream, the idea of the happy ending, is an avoidance of responsibility and commitment.
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Black women do not have as many positive images in the media as we should.
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Verbosity leads to unclear, inarticulate things.
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Movie dialogue is movie dialogue. It can sound real, but no one speaks that way.
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I never leave the writer behind, because you rewrite the movie in post, or at least I do. I always do, and I feel like anybody who doesn't at least explore that possibility is short-changing themselves. Editing is the most fun and most exciting part of the process.
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That first movie I did, Lucas 1986, was probably the closest to me. And Beetlejuice a little bit, in the sense that I did look like that. All they did was like put a little white powder here.
