Adam McKay Quotes
If you aim for parody right off the bat and it misses, no offense to the filmmakers, but it is Meet the Spartans.
Quotes to Explore
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How about a little noise. How do you expect a man to putt?
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Everyone has something to sell. The greatest thing you can ever sell is an idea or talent.
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When you are dining with a demon, you got to have a long spoon.
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If you look at my career, doing albums with Norah Jones, Justin Timberlake, Gucci Mane and Lil Wayne or KRS-One and Jean Grae, I can't be pigeonholed.
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It takes half your life before you discover life is a do-it-yourself project.
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You wouldn't have won if we'd beaten you.
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You know, children philosophize more than adults - and they are critical of adults.
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What I'm trying to do is to write a story. If you take something from it, that's wonderful; if you don't, that's wonderful as well.
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If you wish to forget anything on the spot, make a note that this thing is to be remembered.
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I love to watch 'Chopped,' 'Jeopardy,' and 'Breaking Bad.' You can't pass up that one. Oh! One other show I love to watch is 'Suburgatory.'
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This is going right to the police. So, it's a very dangerous precedent.
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If you have a happy home, everything is sorted, I guess.
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When you run into something interesting, drop everything else and study it.
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The only thing that is real is the being in you that is going to die.
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If you're human, you've had phases in your life when things are in flux.
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The computer offers another kind of creativity. You cannot ignore the creativity that computer technology can bring. But you need to be able to move between those two different worlds.
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My salary is converted to bitcoin, and taxes are taken out. You have to do all the tax computations in dollars because the IRS does not deal in bitcoins.
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Business is tough; you need tough guys.
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When you meet the love of your life, it's just obvious and natural and easier.
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Even now, at 82 years old, if I don't learn something every day, you know what I think? It's a day lost. Now, I don't practice every day. I just take the guitar, swear at it. But I should be swearing at myself. But I fool with music. I'm doing something musically all the time. And my ears are wide open for anything I can hear.
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I think the reason teenage fiction is so popular with adults is that adults hunger for narrative just as badly as teenagers do.
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I like taking my leads from what I see rather than trying to impose. I like that way of looking at things and seeing what's on screen and seeing how I can draw music out of it almost.
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I have a lot of breast cancer history on my mother's side of the family.
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If you aim for parody right off the bat and it misses, no offense to the filmmakers, but it is Meet the Spartans.
