"To be a film director is not a democracy, it's really a tyranny. You're the head of the project, for better rather than worse. I write the film and I direct the film, I decide who's going to be in it, I decide on the editing, I put in the music from my own record collection."

-- Woody Allen

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“A lot of people put pressure on themselves and think it will be way too hard for them to live out their dreams. Mentors are there to say, 'Look, it's not that tough. It's not as hard as you think. Here are some guidelines and things I have gone through to get to where I am in my career.'”

Source : "How Joe Jonas Is Using His Celeb Status For Good". Interview with Karee Hackel, www.seventeen.com. July 22, 2012.
“There are some disabling myths about what art is, how to do it, what is good art, and what art is for, that have gagged generations, depriving them of significant and natural means of expression. This is a terrible loss and an unnecessary one.”

Source : Peter London (1989). “No More Secondhand Art”, p.11, Shambhala Publications
“It's my responsibility as a singer-songwriter to report the news.”
“Advent is the season of the secret, the secret of the growth of Christ, of divine love growing in silenceâ€¦For nine months, Christ grew in his mother's body. By his own will, she formed him from herself, from the simplicity of her daily life.”
“Life is actually a series of tests. It's a social test, a happiness test, a business success test. You'd like to get A's in all of them.”
“I take pride in being one of the tougher guys helping the team pressure and there were so many times when I was watching the games that it just killed me inside. Sometimes I couldn't watch and would just walk around the top level of the stadium.”
“Where I used to strive for movement and restlessness I now attempt to sense and express the complete total calm of objects and the surrounding air.”

Source : "Expressionism". P. 40. Book by Norbert Wolf and Uta Grosenick, 2004.
“I know that for me I have to get out of the way and let God take control.”

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