"You can think of my films as cautionary tales, but you might even think of them as despairing tales, because at least in a cautionary tale, you have this idea that by listening to the story you can assure a better outcome. Whereas I'm not at all convinced that's the case. In fact, if anything, I'm convinced that it's the opposite."

-- Errol Morris

#Thinking Quotes #Opposites Quotes #Ideas Quotes

“The beautiful thing about it is that no two directors or actors work the same way. You also learn not to be afraid of discussion and conflict.”

Source : Interview with Adrian Wootton, www.theguardian.com. October 23, 2002.
“Cookbooks, it should be stressed, do not belong in the kitchen at all. We keep them there for the sake of appearances; occasionally, we smear their pages together with vibrant green glazes or crimson compotes, in order to delude ourselves, and any passing browsers, that we are practicing cooks; but in all honesty, a cookbook is something you read in the living room, or in the bathroom, or in bed.”

Source : Anthony Lane (2009). “Nobody's Perfect: Writings from The New Yorker”, p.651, Vintage
“But you can try to read books at the wrong time or for the wrong reasons.”
“When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the universe. One fancies a heart like our own must be beating in every crystal and cell, and we feel like stopping to speak to the plants and animals as friendly fellow-mountaineers. Nature as a poet, an enthusiastic workingman, becomes more and more visible the farther and higher we go...”
“The local-tone is the intrinsic value of a thing - excluding any effects of light. The local-tone of a common pearl is very nearly white; that of a lump of coal, nearly black.”
“Some of these people need ten years of therapy - ten sentences of mine do not equal ten years of therapy.”
“To pursue success effectively, you must build supportive relationships that will help you work toward your goals. To build those relationships, you need to trust others; and to earn their trust, you in turn must learn to be trustworthy....”

Source : Stedman Graham (1998). “You Can Make It Happen: A Nine-Step Plan for Success”, p.36, Simon and Schuster
“I know people think that acting is not quite the occupation of grown-ups, but it is actually the ultimate learning process: You get a multitude of experiences, all for the price of one life.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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