"All television ever did was shrink the demand for ordinary movies. The demand for extraordinary movies increased. If any one thing is wrong with the movie industry today, it is the unrelenting effort to astonish."

-- Clive James

#Effort Quotes #Television Quotes #Demand Quotes

“The film of tomorrow will not be directed by civil servants of the camera, but by artists for whom shooting a film constitutes a wonderful and thrilling adventure.”
“The great irony is that women are accused of making romantic comedies, as if it's a bad thing, but [(500) Days of Summer] Marc Webb makes a romantic comedy and he gets Spider-Man [as his next project]. Are you kidding me? You cannot win.”

Source : "Women Directors Nearly Absent in 2013 Awards Season" by Robert Abele, variety.com. December 11, 2013.
“Art is the method of levitation, in order to separate one's self from enslavement by the earth.”
“You can know or not know how a car runs and still enjoy riding in a car.”
“We cannot have that relationship if we only dictate or threaten and condemn those who disagree.”
“Telling computer guys that they need to have permission to quote things is like having to tell little children about Death.”
“All empires fall eventually. It is the way of things.”
“Night falling on the city Quite something to behold Don't it just look so pretty This disappearing world”

Source : Song: Disappearing World, Album: Life In Slow Motion, 2005

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