I discovered that there is Indian blood in my ancestry on my father's side - a fact that had not been talked… — Diana Quick Copy Share Image
I've often wondered about people that come to the profession late in life. I've wanted to be an actor since the first… — William Christopher Copy Share Image
Is it crazy to say that I don't often eat breakfast? But every time I go to a diner, I have to… — Magda Apanowicz Copy Share Image
Words of wisdom are spoken by children at least as often as scientists. — James Newman Copy Share Image
I enjoy a third act, and I like stories with ending. A lot of my frustration with serialized storytelling is a lot… — Nic Pizzolatto Copy Share Image
Ideally, content should be shared, mixed, mashed, and reposted - it wants to flow through the Internet like water. This was the… — John Battelle Copy Share Image
You should live in a manner that should enable you to devote time to writing and contemplation. As is often said, the… — F. Sionil Jose Copy Share Image
My favourite country is Finland because once you get to a certain point, you can drive for hours without seeing a single… — Christopher Lee Copy Share Image
Critics and academics often employ theories and philosophers in order to help them understand and dissect movies and books. — Douglas Lain Copy Share Image
Look at liberty's greatest historic advances: ending slavery. Giving women the vote. Outlawing legal segregation. Each and every time, the people at… — Rick Perlstein Copy Share Image
I think, often with Australian films, if an Australian film has been given the seal of approval by an offshore festival or… — Joel Edgerton Copy Share Image
You don't really see sleepwalking in films that often. It's weird; I feel like in popular culture we have the perception of… — Mike Birbiglia Copy Share Image
Violence can succeed, as Americans know well from the conquest of the national territory. But at terrible cost. It can also provoke… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Over time, a successful company will acquire much in the way of resources and momentum, and these things often insulate it from… — Gary Hamel Copy Share Image
Religion is a complex and often contradictory force in our world. It fosters hope and comfort but also doubt and guilt. It… — Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen Copy Share Image
It is often difficult to definitively link a specific instance of disease to one particular cause, like water pollution. Even when tests… — Charles Duhigg Copy Share Image
Literature - novels, plays, and poems - can have an uncanny dual life, where they simultaneously represent something eternal and something historical,… — Jane Smiley Copy Share Image
It's perceived as an accolade to be published as a 'literary' writer, but, actually, it's pompous and it's fake. Literary fiction is… — Neil Cross Copy Share Image
The problem with music was always that the sound system often obliterated the words, and words, not music, have always been what… — Lydia Lunch Copy Share Image
In films of terror, it's often not about being graphic. Or if there is a graphic image, it's extremely swift. Everyone talks… — Charles Roven Copy Share Image
Independent films, for the most part, to me, are not so independent. They often feel like people auditioning for a big commercial… — Ron Eldard Copy Share Image
People who suffer from anxiety are very good at hiding it. That can often be a contributor to the anxiety because the… — Scott Stossel Copy Share Image
I think it's often assumed that the role of poetry is to comfort, but for me, poetry is the great unsettler. It… — Alice Oswald Copy Share Image
As a little kid in a sometimes hard place, I went to the movies as often as I could. Movies - making… — Mike Nichols Copy Share Image
