"Movies are always in a state of locomotion. You start with a general idea of how it should feel and then you find you've got a runaway train. You have to race to catch up: the movie is telling you what it wants to become, and when that happens there's no greater feeling."

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Source : "Steven Spielberg Talks His Holiday Double Features to Newsweek" by nne Thompson, www.indiewire.com. December 12, 2011.

Steven Spielberg

#Ideas Quotes #Race Quotes #Feelings Quotes

“Look down at me and you see a fool, Look up at me and you see a god, Look straight at me and you see yourself.”
“When two seemingly disparate elements are imaginatively poised put in apposition in new and unique ways, startling discoveries often result.”
“That face. That body. And you know heâ€™s packing. Look at the angle on that dangle.”
“The first thing that jumps out in my mind is David versus Goliath. That's one of the first stories we ever learn as kids. That's one of the most inspirational stories about courage. David stood in the face of terrible odds and defeated the giant. I love reading that story to my boys. Being courageous is doing something isn't easy or fun but you do it because it's the right thing to do.”
“I was examining what religious identity meant in Africa. Along the edge of the Islamic world, what patterns were shaping identity? And the truth is, when I looked at the rise of violent forms of religion, no single identity was prevalent. It's central to note that in Nigeria, that tree is rooted primarily in Christianity. It's not just Islamic militants in the Middle Belt.”

Source : Source: www.guernicamag.com
“Among those today who believe that modern poetry must do without rhyme or metre, there is an assumption that the alternative to free verse is a crash course in villanelles, sestinas and other such fixed forms. But most...are rare in English poetry. Few poets have written a villanelle worth reading, or indeed regret not having done so.”
“To affect the quality of the day, that is the highest of arts.”
“Lots have said since what the film Maurice meant to gay men. I had a guy in New York who recognized me and jumped off a bus to tell me how I changed his life. Isn't that something?”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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