Carol Leifer Quotes
I think what I would say to my younger self, and probably to younger, just starting-out writers is that a lot of times you're just afraid to put yourself out there, and it's uncomfortable because it's working up the courage to do something, to push yourself to do those things.
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The big things I've had are things I bought myself.
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I can't do choreographed movement. It has to come from my heart... and my pelvis.
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I think what we need, especially in publishing, is more commissioning editors and editors who are people of colour.
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You can't expect that because you find a story and report it out that your newspaper and broadcasting company is going to want to publish and broadcast it - and you're going to be a hero.
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I am successful if I manage to make a film that I want and if it works emotionally for the audience and if it stays with them after the screening and means something for them. Awards or money have symbolic power.
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I remember finding 'Harold and Maude' strangely erotic. I've always had an octogenarian fetish.
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I think what I would say to my younger self, and probably to younger, just starting-out writers is that a lot of times you're just afraid to put yourself out there, and it's uncomfortable because it's working up the courage to do something, to push yourself to do those things.
