"First of all, directing is an idea that you have of a total flow of images that are going on, which are incidentally actors, words, and objects in space. It's an idea you have of yourself, like the idea you have of your own personality which finds its best representation in the world in terms of specific flows of imaginary images. That's what directing is."

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Source : "Directing the Film". Book by Ed Sherman, 1976.

Abraham Polonsky

#Ideas Quotes #Space Quotes #Personality Quotes

“Simply put, killing healthy or treatable animals is immoral.”
“The things we sing about are timeless. Political affairs and social situations come and go. But if you're singing about empowerment and not playing by the rules, you can sing about them until you can't sing anymore.”
“The main purpose of life is to live rightly, think rightly, act rightly. The soul must languish when we give all our thought to the body.”
“In putting everyone else down, I am raising myself up... and this will continue until my self-esteem rises. I have just sorted out the mystery of why I am always putting down everybody else's artwork.”
“I don’t believe in objectivity, but I do believe deeply in fairness.”
“And if that is the Foremast, what do you think that sail might be called, Mr. Wheeler?" "The Foresail?" "Very good, Mr. Wheeler, and the next one up would be called..." ..."The Next Sail, Sir?" "Alas, no, Mr. Wheeler.”

Source : L. A. Meyer (2007). “Under the Jolly Roger: Being an Account of the Further Nautical Adventures of Jacky Faber”, p.117, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
“It's always push and pull with a record company.”
“Obstacles do not exist to be surrendered to, but only to be broken.”

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