"I earn my living by teaching film, mostly filmmaking but also teaching courses on current cinema. I'm interested in movies. I hope that's not all I'm interested in. In that sense, it's maybe a little misleading. I don't expect to make another movie about films, but I may continue to write about them."

-- Thom Andersen

#Teaching Quotes #Writing Quotes #Cinema Quotes

“Consciousness is a sea ringed with visions.”
“Behind every dark cloud there's usually rain”
“This fight figures to be crunk”
“Art and literature need extreme sociality to a degree that even dolphins don't have. We are the only large mammalian species that has such intense sociality. There are some small mammals that have become eusocial - the mole rats - but that's a different thing. Humans are able to understand one another at very high levels, to cooperate in very large groups. Humans depend on one another in ways that are an absolute precondition to sharing the kinds of information that makes narrative possible.”
“Nothing will ruin an interesting intelligent argument more quickly than the arrival of a pretty girl.”
“The search is more important than the destination”
“Nothing really goes through my head when I'm performing live, I normally just look out into the crowd and see the fans and it makes me feel really happy - especially when they all sing the lyrics back, it's amazing.”
“I believe that everyone is the keeper of a dream â€“ and by tuning into one anotherâ€™s secret hopes, we can become better friends, better partners, better parents, and better lovers.”

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