Ziad Doueiri Quotes
I wasn't trained as a writer-director. And the projects I write are difficult to finish.
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Warren and I are friends, but working with him had been difficult.
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In general, writers shouldn't be killed for what they write, though I can think of exceptions.
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I never thought I would be the oldest quarterback in the National Football League at one point, not in a million years. I never thought I would play as long as I did, either, seventeen years from start to finish, with stops in Houston, Minnesota, Seattle, and Kansas City.
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To make oneself hated is more difficult than to make oneself loved.
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When I write a movie, I write it for me.
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William and I feel that every child deserves to be supported through difficult times in their lives.
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Being the first to cross the finish line makes you a winner in only one phase of life. It's what you do after you cross the line that really counts.
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It can be difficult to run your own firm, but the trade off is fewer conflicts and more control.
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Nobody's going to give you everything on a silver tray. It's going to be difficult.
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I would like to write a movie and, if it wasn't too crazy, also direct.
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The year 2013 has been very difficult, with a lot of headwinds in almost every region and every business.
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I write romance because I love to read romance.
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I was always falling in love at a very young age - kindergarten is when I can remember. There was always a crush. And when I was in sixth grade, I started picking up guitar, so I started wanting to write about it and sing about it.
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I just write mechanical things.
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My grandmother died in childbirth, and my great-aunt lived with us. She had bound feet. She never knew how to read or write.
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Instead of writing songs for girls, I tend to write albums, which I guess is a bit weird.
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I write songs that are like diary entries. I have to do it in order to feel sane.
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Summer is not obligatory. We can start an infernally hard jigsaw puzzle in June with the knowledge that, if there are enough rainy days, we may just finish it by Labor Day, but if not, there's no harm, no penalty. We may have better things to do.
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I never write my stories as a wake-up call as such. I simply explore the kinds of situations that I find personally challenging by placing characters into situations that challenge them in similar ways.
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Some of the best art in the world is collaborative, a mix of voices that are stronger together than separate. Take the Beatles, for example. Or every great movie ever made. We like to say they're the director's vision, but really, they're huge collaborations between directors, writers, actors, even producers.
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It took me several years to figure out who I am and a few more to accept what I discovered. Now, I'm in the enjoyment stage of that process and it's a happy place.
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I want to be crystal clear that everyone has an equal stake in our society and in the future of our country. That is what I believe, and it is what I have always believed.
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I wasn't trained as a writer-director. And the projects I write are difficult to finish.
