"I think as a filmmaker you try not to have any expectations other than that the film have a fairly substantial beginning, middle and end."

-- Mark Boal

#Thinking Quotes #Expectations Quotes #Trying Quotes

“It takes me about 10 years to appreciate what it is I've done.”
“A bad guy always assumes he's going to win, whereas the good guy has to struggle with, what if I lose?, and the audience wants to struggle with him.”
“Drew Callahan is my absolute weakness. Like a drug I can't get enough of. He's my addiction and if I'm honest with myself, I'm not looking to kick that particular habit anytime soon.”

Source : Monica Murphy (2016). “The Drew + Fable Series 4-Book Bundle: One Week Girlfriend, Second Chance Boyfriend, Three Broken Promises, Four Years Later”, p.240, Bantam
“That brain of mine is something more than merely mortal; as time will show.”
“These days people believe they can go into art and make a living. We didn't have that. The abstract expressionists were older, by the time they even got a show. Now people come right out of school and sell.”
“Try to keep your mind open to possibilities and your mouth closed on matters that you don't know about. Limit your 'always' and your 'nevers.'”

Source : Harvard University Class Day Commencement Address, delivered 26 May 2011
“A stepping-stone can be a stumbling block if we can't see it until after we have tripped over it.”
“Lord, grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console; to be understood as to understand; to be loved as to love, with all my heart. With all my heart.”

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