Elena Ferrante Quotes
The rules say that to tell a story you need first of all a measuring stick, a calendar, you have to calculate how much time has passed between you and the facts, the emotions to be narrated.
Elena Ferrante
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Say something personal, not from a publicist.
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Fear has its use but cowardice has none.
Mahatma Gandhi
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Rafael Cruz
A lot of new writers assume you have to know the where the story is going and that it flows out as molten gold. But really, sometimes you think you are going to one place, but then you decide that is dumb idea. Then you go somewhere else and it is a worse idea. But then you switch again and you might have a beautiful accident.
Patrick Rothfuss
I grew up in a family where we weren't allowed to talk about beauty or to put any emphasis on physical appearance.
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I can achieve that by personally relating the words that I am saying to something I have known in my life.
Mandy Patinkin
If I have to produce movies, direct movies, whatever to change the way Hollywood treats older women, I'll do it. If I have to bend the rules, I will. If I have to break them, I will.
Naomi Watts
When I passed the age of 50, I learned how to control my emotions.
Mahmoud Darwish
Nature is garrulous to the point of confusion, let the artist be truly taciturn.
Paul Klee
I tried working odd jobs that had nothing to do with creating, and it was difficult for me. In the end, I just always loved movies. When I'm making a film, I feel most alive, like I'm doing the right thing, and I'm in the place where I need to be.
Harmony Korine
The rules say that to tell a story you need first of all a measuring stick, a calendar, you have to calculate how much time has passed between you and the facts, the emotions to be narrated.
Elena Ferrante