"However much I may like to talk about or be interested in a more philosophical or moral agenda, [film] is, ultimately, about narrative. And it's about telling stories that are engaging and dramatic."

-- Edward Zwick

#Philosophical Quotes #Stories Quotes #Agendas Quotes

“The first four months of writing the book, my mental image is scratching with my hands through granite. My other image is pushing a train up the mountain, and it's icy, and I'm in bare feet.”
“Change, when it comes, cracks everything open.”

Source : Dorothy Allison (1996). “Two or Three Things I Know for Sure”, p.45, Penguin
“I was not; I have been; I am not; I do not mind.”
“One must bear in mind that the expansion of federal activity is a form of eating for politicians.”
“Without the Internet I would have no fans and I wouldn't be in this business. I owe everything to the Internet and my fans.”
“The worst way of oppression involve exploitation of children, preying on vulnerability, denying others the right to live safely, and denying people of their right to education. Two-thirds of the world's illiterate are women. Sixty-six percent of countries have no laws to protect women from domestic abuse, and battery is the largest cause of injury to women in America.”

Source : Source: pitchfork.com
“I'm always asking questions - not to find 'answers,' but to see where the questions lead. Dead ends sometimes? That's fine. New directions? Interesting. Great insights? Over-ambitious. A glimpse here and there? Perfect.”
“How to hit home runs: I swing as hard as I can, and I try to swing right through the ball... The harder you grip the bat, the more you can swing it through the ball, and the farther the ball will go. I swing big, with everything I've got. I hit big or I miss big. I like to live as big as I can.”

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