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“The characters are the plot. What they do and say and the things that happen to them are, in a sense, what the plot is. You can't take character and plot apart from each other, really.”
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“All over the world, social innovation is tackling some of the most pressing problems facing society today - from fair trade, distance learning, hospices, urban farming and waste reduction to restorative justice and zero-carbon housing. But most of these are growing despite, not because of, help from governments.”
Source : "Going global: social innovation" by Geoff Mulgan, www.theguardian.com. March 3, 2010.
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“We've had a chance to be seen by viewers who had never seen us before, and we've kept a lot of them.”
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“I don't have perfect pitch, but I have relative pitch. I'm glad I don't have perfect pitch because perfect pitch can drive you crazy.”
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“The road to success and the road to failure are almost exactly the same.”
Source : "Calm after the storm" by John O'Mahony, www.theguardian.com. September 20, 2002.
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“Meaning to send a thank-you note but then not doing it is exactly the same as never thinking to send one - that person is still receiving zero thank you notes.”
Source : "'Adulting': How to navigate the complicated realm of the grown-up" by Williams Brown, www.today.com. June 19, 2013.
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“I have actually been very fortunate to be able to make films on my own credit card without having huge funders behind me dictating how the story should be told.”
Source : "15 Questions with Jehane Noujaim". Interview with Synne D. Chapman, www.thecrimson.com. May 14, 2008.
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“The world does not need a war against 'terrorism', it needs a culture of peace based on human rights for all.”