"Soldiering is a very important profession, is it not?"

-- Mike Jackson

#Important Quotes #Profession Quotes

“When I was in high school, I was the guy directing plays after class. I started my first theater company at 19, and my second theater company at 21. I've always been a guy who doesn't do well with the passive nature of being an actor.”
“The tools are real. The viewer is real, you, the artist, is real and a part of everything you paint. You connect yourself to the viewer by sharing something that is inside of you that connects with something inside of him. All you have as your guide is that you know what moves you. All you have to do it with is a brush, some chemical and canvas, and technique.”
“I could do nothing without my problems; they toughen my mind. In fact, I tell my assistants not to bring me their successes for they weaken me, but rather to bring me their problems, for they strengthen me.”
“Leading from your inner world ultimately produces better results in your leadership.”

Source : John Townsend (2011). “Leadership Beyond Reason: How Great Leaders Succeed by Harnessing the Power of Their Values, Feelings, and Intuition”, p.12, Thomas Nelson
“I have a great amount of respect for the audience. They know narrative construct. They know all the tropes.”

Source : "ZERO HOUR Executive Producers Paul Scheuring, Lorenzo di Bonaventura, Zack Estrin and Dan McDermott Talk About the New ABC Drama". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. February 14, 2013.
“It's a shame about California, and particularly about L.A., where they've demolished so many landmarks. It's a bit of a disease there, where if anything is over 30 years old, they sort of knock it down and replace it. It's a strange town, it's this sprawling suburb, and then there's a city, the old town.”
“You can't fall off the floor.”
“Imagination, of course, can open any door - turn the key and let terror walk right in.”

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