Anthony McCarten Quotes
Quotes to Explore
-
I like the diversity that my children are exposed to every day.
-
Every step of progress the world has made has been from scaffold to scaffold, and from stake to stake.
-
There are no benefactors in Canada because there is no incentive.
-
For all intents and purposes, I'm a woman.
-
The phrase 'mad as a hatter' was coined because hat makers were poisoned by the high levels of mercury used in felt processing; these workers developed a strange, uneven gait as well as strange alterations in their personalities - traits that resembled mental instability.
-
Just look at what is right in front of you. People don't do that. They see what they expect to see, what they want to see, what conventional wisdom tells them to see. They only hear the music and not the lyrics of human events.
-
The essence of science is independent thinking, hard work, and not equipment. When I got my Nobel Prize, I had spent hardly 200 rupees on my equipment.
-
I think about death most of the day, every day. We can't escape death, and choosing to ignore it only makes it more scary.
-
When I interview celebrities, I always try to throw them off balance. My favorite is to ask 'em about crazy sex stuff like donkey punches and Monroe transfers. Works every time.
-
I believe there is little to gain by exchanging opinions with other artists concerning either the ideology of art or technical methods.
-
If we can provide even a few months of early warning for just one pandemic, the benefits will outweigh all the time and energy we're devoting. Imagine preventing health crises, not just responding to them.
-
Human writing reflects that of the universe; it is its translation, but also its metaphor: it says something totally different, and it says the same thing.
-
I usually take a two-hour nap from one to four.
-
If you're not bruised up, then you're not doing an action film in a real way.
-
I have always believed that it's important to show a new look periodically. Predictability can lead to failure.
-
I feel like I work on scripts for comedy as well as dramatic stuff the same.
-
I'm pretty obsessed with Stevie Nicks from her style to her voice. I like watching her on YouTube and her old performances, the way she moves and everything.
-
You want all your books to stick around after you've gone.
-
I think 'Party Down' found its audience primarily on Netflix and stuff like that, and primarily after it had been cancelled.
-
I never work from an outline, and often I don't know how the story will end.
-
I work pretty quickly. I'd probably draw somebody once or twice in pencil, then just go to ink. Not really care too much about it, and it just kind of worked out.
-
I gave up years ago on the concept that you could actually have balance in your life, I think it's a phantom chase.
-
How the sting of poverty, or small means, is gone when one keeps house for one's own comfort and not for the comfort of one's neighbors.
-
I'm still always surprised that anyone might be interested in my work or me.
