"In horror movies today its lots of fast cut shot and lots of loud noises on the soundtrack. I tried to do the opposite. Playing with silence for instance."

-- Alejandro Amenabar

#Cutting Quotes #Opposites Quotes #Silence Quotes

“Don't let the incidents which take place in life bring you low. And certainly don't whine. You can be brought low, that's OK, but don't be reduced by them. Just say, 'That's life.'”
“One of my favorite people is Gypsy Rose Lee. She bears out the Biblical promise that he who has, gets. And I hope she gets a lot more.”
“There has to be insight born of hindsight. Otherwise, you're only confessing your sins and asking the reader to forgive you. And that is a complete misuse of the writer's power and unfair to the reader.”
“As soon as beauty is sought not from religion and love, but for pleasure, it degrades the seeker.”
“We function in a pack mentality. This is our tribe. And this is how we are exploited - sold a bill of goods and a household of products.”
“Being successful at a very young age gave me the confidence and the capability to try out other things.”
“Truth is handsomer than the affectation of love. Your goodness must have some edge to it, else it is none.”
“No one knows he is fortunate until he becomes unfortunate, that's the way the world is.”

Source : Chaim Potok (2016). “The Chosen”, p.91, Simon and Schuster

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