Ava DuVernay Quotes

The way that we're consuming what we watch. Netflix, binge-watching, destination agnostic were not terms. It was about networks, times, dates. Even with feature films, you had to see it this way, in this capacity, at this time. All that has changed. Now it's really about the story. It's a gift that I became a storyteller at this time.

Ava DuVernay

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Quotes to Explore

We are asleep with compasses in our hands.

W. S. Merwin
- Hands
- Our
- Asleep
It's always hard, when introducing readers to a new world/set of rules, not to lay it all out manual-style in the opening chapters but make sure to put the action and the characters at the front. If people don't become invested in them and in the story, the world in which it's set will become a burden.

V. E. Schwab
- People
- World
- Action
I think most families have a few secrets or some strange aspect to their history. We're all fascinated by family dynamics, but I'd much rather sit in an audience and watch someone else's problems!

Ed Harris
- Family
- History
- Problems
The joining of the whole congregation in prayer has something exceedingly solemn and affecting in it.

Karl Philipp Moritz
- Prayer
- Something
- Whole
There's a different energy with a female director, a female at the head of the production. I don't prefer one over the other, but they're definitely different experiences, and I would love to have more of them.

Hailee Steinfeld
That attitude and toughness that we want to play with, that, to me, is the most critical thing.

Dan Quinn
- Want
- Me
- Play