"As the director, you have to hold in your head the widest possible vision. Not just the idea and the story, but the conceptual content. But at the same time, you have to consider the tiniest, tiniest detail."

-- Sally Potter

#Ideas Quotes #Vision Quotes #Directors Quotes

“He who gives only what he would as readily throw away, gives without generosity; for the essence of generosity is in self-sacrifice.”

Source : Henry Taylor (1853). “Notes from Life in Seven Essays”, p.13
“I've been lucky. I've made films that I really like. It's been a combination of what comes to me and what I choose. I've gone after lots of things that I didn't get, pet projects that everybody ends up chasing after. Really, you're lucky if you get anything.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“No captain with all the hindsight in the world can predict how the wicket is going to play”
“I was a groupie for a year and followed a band. I dated the drummer of the band.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“A good name is seldom regained. When character is gone, all is gone, and one of the richest jewels of life is lost forever.”
“I learned never to empty the well of my writing, but always to stop when there was still something there in the deep part of the well, and let it refill at night from the springs that fed it.”
“The biggest challenge in working together is simply listening.”
“Not even for a million dollars would I paint a tree.”

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