"I could be just a writer very easily. I am not a writer. I am a screenwriter, which is half a filmmaker... But it is not an art form, because screenplays are not works of art. They are invitations to others to collaborate on a work of art."

-- Paul Schrader

#Art Quotes #Half Quotes #Form Quotes

“You have got to control your fear, get in control of your emotions.”
“Artillery is the god of war.”
“I have both exploited and been exploited in the print field.”
“I don't feel that as an artist my job is to offer PR propaganda, whether for the good or for the bad.”

Source : "Actor-writer Ayad Akhtar". "The Tavis Smiley Show", www.pbs.org. April 26, 2012.
“There are vistas never dreamed of, there are joys never even known, there are glories no past glory ever surpassed. These wait for you but only if you accept my legacy and help bring these things about.”
“Good leaders being scarce, following yourself is allowed.”
“We're America, and we have to stop worrying about what happens overseas, and to be optimistic, even though nobody should think we're not going to have some difficult times.”
“I have a good memory for certain things. And a very short memory for painful things - that's my favorite Martha Stewart quote, by the way.”

Source : Vogue magazine Interview, November 2008.

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