"What I would say to filmmakers, if I may be so bold or so arrogant, is to draw inspiration from other filmmakers, but go to the place in your own gut where everything is nothing. That's a very Zen thing to say, but that place of nothing is where real creativity comes out of."

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Source : "On a Bender". Interview with Stephen Rebello, movieline.com. March 1, 1998.

Lawrence Bender

#Real Quotes #Inspiration Quotes #Creativity Quotes

“Although Freud said happiness is composed of love and work, reality often forces us to choose love or work.”
“Iâ€™m supposed to figure out if the glass is half full or half empty,â€ I told her. Without a momentâ€™s hesitation, in a split second, my grandmother shrugged and said: â€œIt depends on if youâ€™re drinking or pouring.”
“There is no hope unmingled with fear, and no fear unmingled with hope.”
“Hope is to our spirits what oxygen is to our lungs. Lose hope and you die. They may not bury you for awhile, but without hope you are dead inside. The only way to face the future is to fly straight into it on the wings of hope....hope is the energy of the soul. Hope is the power of tomorrow.”
“There ain't no revolution, only evolution, but every time I'm in Georgia I eat a peach for peace.”
“I'm sorry, I'm absolutely convinced that there is at the moment no realistic prospect for very much hope in human affairs.”
“Genius is expansive, irresistible, and irresistibly expansive. If it is in you, no cords can confine it.”
“It is more important to keep the horse going hard than to always play the exact notes.”

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