"You can't have a director say, "Just be you"; you have to have an aim. It's like when you throw darts, you have to know where the bullseye is. You can't just say, "No no no no no, drop the darts. Just stand. We're going to film you." You have to get there indirectly. You have to have me doing something, and then you can get "me.""

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Source : Interview with Sam Adams, film.avclub.com. September 30, 2009.

Paul Schneider

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“Beliefs are the eyelids of the mind.”

Source : David Zindell (2017). “The Broken God”, p.45, HarperCollins UK
“Every person has a zakaat (to pay) and the zakaat of the body is fasting.”
“It wouldn't bring her back. I know. Trust me, I do. And I would have done far worse, he says, if I'd thought there was a way to bring Regina back. I would have traded places. I would have sold souls. I would have torn this world apart. I would have done anything, broken any rule, just to bring her back.”
“They who lack talent expect things to happen without effort. They ascribe failure to a lack of inspiration or ability, or to misfortune, rather than to insufficient application. At the core of every true talent there is an awareness of the difficulties inherent in any achievement, and the confidence that by persistence and patience something worthwhile will be realized. Thus talent is a species of vigor.”
“Learn to live well, or fairly make your will; You've play'd, and lov'd, and ate, and drank your fill: Walk sober off, before a sprightlier age Comes titt'ring on, and shoves you from the stage.”
“You can't make either life or art, you have to work in the hole in between, which is undefined. That's what makes the adventure of painting.”
“Negative emotions like hatred destroy our peace of mind.”
“I started writing when I was about thirteen.”

Source : Source: www.guernicamag.com

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