"Although humor is present in every one of my films, it has always been used as a way to make the darker, heavier stuff in my stories more palatable. I never set out to make 'Humpday' a comedy."

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Source : "Interview with Lynn Shelton, Director of Humpday". Interview with Melissa Silverstein, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 08, 2009.

Lynn Shelton

#Stories Quotes #Stuff Quotes #Way Quotes

“Usually if nobody hates a piece, nobody loves it, either; and a magazine which sets itself the goal of provoking thought is not doing its job if everybody agrees with what it does.”
“Somewhere between the honest truth and the deceptive lie is the deceptive truth and the honest lie.”
“The cause of freedom, in music as elsewhere, is now very nearly triumphant; but at a time when its adversaries were many and powerful, we can hardly imagine the sacred bridge of liberty kept by a more stalwart trio than Schubert the Armorer, Chopin the Refiner, and Liszt the Thunderer.”

Source : Hugh Reginald Haweis (1873). “Music and Morals”, p.298, London : Strahan
“In my own words, I played some significant part in changing the social-sexual values of our time. I had a lot of fun in the process.”
“One can only become a philosopher, but not be one. As one believes he is a philosopher, he stops being one.”
“But celebrity really doesn't mean anything unless you use it for finding some way to give back and I've always felt that way.”
“Looking back, I think that's why I did music. I'd get home from school and the house would be so quiet.”
“Moderation is the key to lasting enjoyment.”

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