"I am influenced by words and the chewiness of language"

-- Annie Proulx

#Language Quotes

“We'll run this planet as we please, and if you don't like it, go back where we came from.”
“Be careful not to do your good deeds when there's no one watching you.”
“pacifists lead a lonely life. Not even gathering together can take the place of that vast, warm sun of approval that is shed on motherhood, on law-abiding, on killing, and on making money. Someday will we come into our own? Well, motherhood may move into the shade. Law-abiding is going through a trauma. But killing and making money are good for a long, long time.”
“My documentaries have always been very much constructed in the spirit of dominant cinema. From the time I started making non-fiction, I was mainly interested in designing and creating documentaries like fiction, so it was a natural evolution to try and embark on doing a dramatic narrative.”
“When Veronica Mars was canceled, the following season of pilots for The CW had been announced, and one was Gossip Girl. I read it, and I knew I was sort of old to play any of the kids. I called Dawn Ostroff -- who was the head of The CW at the time -- and said, 'Hey, I did so much narration on Veronica Mars, can I narrate this show? And she said, 'Hey, that's a very good idea.' They knew I had a younger voice, they liked me and they knew I'd show up for work, and I guess that was all I really needed. It was so clear to me how sassy and catty she needed to be.”
“For me, the iPhone is harder than reading Faust.”

Source : Interview with Caryn Ganz, www.interviewmagazine.com. June 3, 2009.
“Is it possible to succeed without any act of betrayal?”

Source : 'My Life and My Films' (1974) 'Nana'
“Where there is writing- there is a writer Where there is planning- there is a planner Where there is a building- there is a builder Where there is a miracle- there is a God!”

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