Brian Koppelman Quotes
All screenwriting books are bullshit, all. Watch movies, read screenplays. Let them be your guide.Brian Koppelman
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The thing about Y Combinator that's cool is that most companies won't happen if we don't fund them.
Sam Altman -
Music was a big outlet for me. Being able to play an instrument and sing was definitely a good way for me to escape things I was dealing with: family issues, growing up, being a kid and not knowing what I wanted to do with my life.
Taylor Hicks -
Chipotles, which are dried jalapeno peppers, give out a terrific smoky flavour - they're warm, earthy and usually not too spicy.
Yotam Ottolenghi -
I have mad luck. I'm super-good at games like backgammon or anything that requires rolling dice.
Zoe Kazan -
I'm not sad at all about turning 40.
Halle Berry -
I understand what it is to go through emotional trauma and retreat and go into the world of your imagination. I understand how art and music can be a place of safety in a world of reinvention.
Sam Taylor-Wood
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That brain of mine is something more than merely mortal, as time will show.
Ada Lovelace -
A hit film is what we work for as actors, as that goes to show that we have managed to entertain our audiences who shower us with their love and affection throughout the years.
Mahesh Babu -
I think it's natural when a team has such high expectations, under .500 halfway through the season, they're going to go after a brand new coach.
Dan Gilbert -
As a kid growing up, I wanted the Allen Iverson shoes that came out, the Questions. My dad got them for me, so I was excited about that.
Nate Robinson -
I think it's interesting: What is the generational effect of the experience of being a gay person in America? For my generation, it was very difficult.
Ira Sachs -
I prefer drawing the things I've written to handing them off to another artist. Turns out I'm a huge control freak - and because I write in thumbnails, the art is already happening by the time I start writing!
Raina Telgemeier
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It's always good to be working.
Ja Rule -
Research shows that whether you are low-income or not, mindset is a bigger predictor of success than academic skills, and how students gain great academic skills and persevere in the face of challenges.
Wendy Kopp -
Clarity and consistency are not enough: the quest for truth requires humility and effort.
Tariq Ramadan -
President Obama stands ready to work with everyone, because that's what the American people expect and deserve - not for the short term political advantages, but the long term health of our country. We don't spend time trying to figure out what's in the minds of Republicans, we try to keep our focus on the American people.
Valerie Jarrett -
When it comes down to hardball, we have a veto pen, and I've used it in the past, and I expect we will have opportunity to use it in the future. That's the nature of the business.
Gary Herbert -
I have spent a lot of time in the art world, and I guess I do listen to how people speak. I'm interested in what they say and how they say it.
Rachel Kushner
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People are more interested in reading bombastic ideas, whether they're positive or negative. Part of me has sort of lost interest in doing criticism because of that. I've always realized that criticism is basically autobiography. Obviously in my criticism, it's very clear that it's autobiography, but I think it's that way for everybody.
Chuck Klosterman -
Give the course that these hearings have followed ... and given the special relationship between the legislative and executive branches embodied in our Constitution and our nation's history, we do not believe that it would be appropriate for the president to appear before the committee.
Charles Ruff -
Who loves a lot, forgives a lot.
Amado Nervo -
Americans wanted to settle all our difficulties with Russia and then go to the movies and drink Coke.
W. Averell Harriman -
You know, usually with movies there are periods, dark areas, where I might not be getting what I wanted out of a theme. I'll have to go over and over it again.
Trevor Rabin Cinema -
All screenwriting books are bullshit, all. Watch movies, read screenplays. Let them be your guide.
Brian Koppelman