"Always get to the set or the location early, so that you can be all alone and draw your inspiration for the blocking and the setups in private and quiet. In one sense, it's about protecting yourself; in another sense, it's about always being open to surprise, even from the set, because there may be some detail that you hadn't noticed. I think this is crucial. There are many pictures that seem good in so many ways except one: They lack a sense of surprise, they've never left the page."

-- Martin Scorsese

#Block Quotes #Inspiration Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“As I've often said, you can shop online and find whatever you're looking for, but bookstores are where you find what you weren't looking for.”

Source : "Economist Paul Krugman Is a Hard-Core Science Fiction Fan". Wired Interview, www.wired.com. May 30, 2012.
“Only communist regimes have churned out more jargon than modern business.”

Source : Corinne Maier (2007). “Bonjour Laziness: Why Hard Work Doesn't Pay”, p.13, Vintage
“An America that inspires hope in its ideals must complement an America that inspires awe in its strength.”
“I mean its a weekly occurrence that somebody will complain that Top Gear was on last night - and you just sit back and wait for the complaints. But if you start to pay attention to everyones concerns, you end up with something bland and boring. So you sort of have to ignore everybody in order to do the show how we want to do it.”
“A scholar's heart is a dark well in which are buried many aborted feelings that rise to the surface as arguments.”
“I can't impress people with the pedigree of obscure French filmmakers that got me into film. It was Robert Zemeckis and Steven Spielberg. I really thought I wanted to make dumb action movies.”
“We all experience power struggles in our lives - at the workplace, with our friends, in our love lives. In a way, we're all politicians.”

Source : "Watch My Show: House of Cards' Beau Willimon Answers Our Showrunner Survey". Interview with Michael Schneider, www.tvguide.com. March 13, 2013.
“As an artist, I'm really inspired by everything around me - from travel and art, to friends and family, social voices in media and politics. I get a lot of inspiration from daily life.”

Source : "Actor and Entrepreneur Cara Santana On being inspired by daily life, overcoming addiction, and taking risks". Interview with Robert Piper, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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