"If you want to write for T.V. and movies, you will be subjected to kind and unkind criticism. You had better get used to it and develop a shell."

-- Anne Beatts

#Writing Quotes #Criticism Quotes #Shells Quotes

“Once you become a professional athlete or once you do anything well, then you're automatically a role model ... I have no problem being a role model. I love it. I have kids looking up to me and hopefully I inspire these kids to do good things.”
“Old gardeners never die; they just very slowly turn into the most magnificent compost. But what a marvellous, active brew it is!”
“How beautiful to find a heart that loves you, without asking you for anything, but to be okay.”
“A productive and happy life is not something you find; it is something you make.”
“After all, this is a world of rock and water and air. It is elemental. It is not ours.”

Source : Janet Kauffman (2008). “Trespassing: Dirt Stories and Field Notes”, p.108, Wayne State University Press
“There is more He-3 energy on the Moon than we have ever had in the form of fossil fuels on Earth. All we have to do is to go there and get it.”

Source : Wilson Greatbatch (2000). “The Making of the Pacemaker: Celebrating a Lifesaving Invention”
“ather than Eisenstein's fast and hard cutting, I like to hold the shot very still and for longer than we're accustomed to. For me personally as a viewer, this technique invariably causes me to have waves of emotions that I think arise from a profound form of mindful awareness and the feelings that go along with that. I am frequently brought to tears by this kind of existential cinematic technique.”

Source : Source: blogs.indiewire.com
“When things aren't working out, we have a tendency to say, 'Go do other things,' but you shouldn't do other things. You need to stay at your desk and continue to try to write. You need to insist on it.”

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