"You have to think about good storytelling and characters first. Then hopefully, the rest of that stuff will follow, some more than others. But if you don't have a good film and strong characters, then you don't have anything down the road."

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Source : "A chat with Pete Docter. Writer and Director of Toy Story, Wall-E, Monsters, INC., and UP". Interview with David Medsker, www.bullz-eye.com. May 21, 2009.

Pete Docter

#Strong Quotes #Character Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“Channeling is just bad ventriloquism. You use another voice, but people can see your lips moving.”
“People always want an explanation about everything and I cannot give it to them. Because I don't know myself. 'Why did you do a pair of pants like that?' I have no idea. I'm not going to have a 20-minute political discussion about the necessity for slashed, painted leather jeans. Basically, I don't know more than you.”

Source : "Hedi Slimane: putting the flounce into fashion" by Viv Groskop, www.theguardian.com. October 6, 2012.
“My co-founder Dylan Smith and I left our junior year of college to move to the Bay Area. To the horror of our friends' parents, we actually had two other friends drop out of college to work on the product. The four of us were just working non-stop growing Box.”
“Opportunity does not knock, it presents itself when you beat down the door.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“To write, you must first belong to yourself.”

Source : Nicole Brossard (1988). “The aerial letter”, Womens Pr
“Nothing like a little chest pain to restore your faith.”
“Skye kissed her forehead. "You saved my life." Katsa smiled. "You Lienid are very outward in your affection." "I'm going to name my firstborn child after you." Katsa laughed at that. "For the child's sake, wait for a girl. Or even better, wait until all your children are older and give my name to whichever is the most troublesome and obstinate." Skye burst into laughter and hugged her, and Katsa returned his embrace. And realized that quite without her intending it, her guarded heart had made another friend.”
“The only exercise I take is walking behind the coffins of friends who took exercise.”

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