David Belasco Quotes
If you can't write your idea on the back of my calling card, you don't have a clear idea.
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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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Every story I create, creates me. I write to create myself.
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What I want is to try and get across the idea that reading for pleasure is so beneficial. And turn children on who have maybe been switched off reading or never found a love of it in the first place.
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I was an avid Pokemon card collector.
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When the idea of 'Chopped' surfaced, it was originally meant to be taped at some guy's mansion with him and his crazy Chihuahua. A stuffy fellow in a tuxedo was to host, and the losing chef's dish was then fed to the dog! I am not kidding, I saw it! I think it is genius! Twisted, but genius!
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Every idea has its time.
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Murderers, in general, are people who are consistent, people who are obsessed with one idea and nothing else.
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I would like to write a movie and, if it wasn't too crazy, also direct.
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I just write mechanical things.
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If I had to rank my skills, I have a long way to go before I can write a good graphic novel.
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If you can write it, I can be it.
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I write to escape; to escape poverty.
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'The One-Eyed Man' is a novel that was one I never intended to write.
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Comparing oneself with one's fellow writers is a bad idea. I would not review a fellow writer unless I had something terribly positive to say.
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If I write something, and I'm going to put in all that love and energy, I want to direct it.
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Had 'Dhruva' not succeeded, I don't mind calling these films experimental.
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Why do I write books? Why do I think? Why should I be passionate? Because things could be different, they could be made better.
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If a person with a bullet in Dallas can change the world, imagine a person with an idea could do.
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When you're so passionate about cinema, the idea to direct your own film is really appealing.
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Critics write out of intellectual exercise, not poets. Poets write straight from the heart.
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I regard large inherited wealth as a misfortune, which merely serves to dull men's faculties. A man who possesses great wealth should, therefore, allow only a small portion to descend to his relatives. Even if he has children, I consider it a mistake to hand over to them considerable sums of money beyond what is necessary for their education. To do so merely encourages laziness and impedes the healthy development of the individual's capacity to make an independent position for himself.
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As publishing has become less expensive, the urge to write my own self has become the opportunity to publish my own self. Everyone now can afford to preach in the desert.
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Home has always been one of the most important things. If I don't feel at home in my space, then I feel really unmoored.
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If you can't write your idea on the back of my calling card, you don't have a clear idea.
