"I also wonder why is it that so many of the movies and books that are detective stories are also the most aesthetically interesting? From Hollywood noirs to horror movies like The Shining [1980]."

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Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

Christopher Bollen

#Book Quotes #Interesting Quotes #Shining Quotes

“Everyone is a little bit more close-knit and you rely on people a little bit more. The bigger the budget gets, the more everyone toes the line in their department.”

Source : "Exclusive: Thomas Ian Nicholas Talks FADING OF THE CRIES and AMERICAN REUNION". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. July 7, 2011.
“I personally know of scores of cases (of alcohoics) who were of the type with whom other methods had failed completely....because of the extraordinary possibilities of rapid growth inherent in this froup they may mark a new epoch in the annals of alcoholism. These men may well have a remedy for thousands of such situations.”
“I am not here to entertain straight people.”
“Happiness belongs to the self sufficient.”
“Have we fallen into a mesmerized state that makes us accept as inevitable that which is inferior or detrimental, as though having lost the will or the vision to demand that which is good?”
“A director on a film really sets the tone of how people go about things, so everybody is happy to be at work and everybody does their best.”
“Writing is nature's way of letting you know how sloppy your thinking is.”

Source : "Why We Should Build Software Like We Build Houses" by Leslie Lamport, www.wired.com. January 25, 2013.
“If you're not big enough to lose, you're not big enough to win.”

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