"All these teachers and [screenwriting] books mean you see movies that have been worked over by more committees wielding more rules, that all originality and authorship is lost. That's why you're seeing superstars like Brad Pitt in THE FIGHT CLUB and Tom Cruise in MAGNOLIA. They're desperately searching for people writing and directing off-formula movies."

-- Paul Schrader

#Teacher Quotes #Book Quotes #Writing Quotes

“If you are not sensitive to rejection, doesn't that also mean you're indifferent to love?”
“I still care for you, you know.. That phrase again. Everyone cares for me. They just don't know how to love me.”
“We were the only black family in an estate with 1,000 white families. Liverpool being quite racist in the Sixties, it was a bit grim growing up.”
“That was the - It was an exciting time because it was as though I was sort of tied up in a paper bag or in a gunny sack with a rope around the neck of it, and all of a sudden with the acceptance of that first book everything sort of spilled out!”
“Whether you're going to a museum or a flea market or flipping through a book, always be on the lookout for something special.”

Source : "Women in Design: Kelly Wearstler". Interview with Mayer Rus, www.elledecor.com. October 18, 2010.
“I feel that I was a useful contributor to society, and that I couldn't be a contributor to society in any other way.”
“It is becoming increasingly clear that the targets in the Kyoto Protocol cannot and will not be met on the established timetable in the United States and elsewhere.”
“Even If I have two three days off, you still have to blow that horn. You have to keep up those chops... I have to warm up everyday for at least an hour.”

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