I love film criticism as an art. I think it's a very important thing. — David Lowery Art Copy Share Image
Time goes by so slowly when you're a child, and then, as an adult, it goes by in the blink of an… — David Lowery Adult Copy Share Image
The films I love are very precise, and every shot means something; every shot should convey something new. — David Lowery Cinema Copy Share Image
I learned to not separate writing, shooting, and editing, it's all sort of one big mess of creative output. — David Lowery Big Copy Share Image
I'm not searching for the meaning of life, but I'm looking for a meaning within my life. — David Lowery Life Copy Share Image
If I can't finish a screenplay, if I can't get to the last page as a writer, it probably means it's not… — David Lowery Finish Copy Share Image
I have so many aspirations and interests that would not fit within the Disney brand. I need to make sure I'm engaging… — David Lowery Aspirations Copy Share Image
Especially in the Western world, so much of our cultural ideas about grieving is about us, and I think it's important to… — David Lowery Grieving Copy Share Image
I have always thought of myself as a writer, only because I need things to direct, and I can't not write the… — David Lowery Always Copy Share Image
I realized that filmmaking is an eminently scalable act. No matter how big or how small, there's joys and stresses that will… — David Lowery Big Copy Share Image
I love taking something that is understood to be funny or charming or sweet or naive and instilling it with some degree… — David Lowery Charming Copy Share Image
Dramas are incredibly compelling. I feel like 'Silver Linings Playbook' is a drama, but because it's funny, people market it as a… — David Lowery Comedy Copy Share Image
I have a very short attention span, which is funny. I mean, you'd watch me and think that I don't, but I… — David Lowery Attention Copy Share Image
I love dialogue, but I'm also terrified of it. In all my movies, I've done my best to cut out as much… — David Lowery Best Copy Share Image
I think all people are familiar with thinking about their death and trying to come to terms with the fact that we… — David Lowery Death Copy Share Image
A great sense of morality was instilled in me through my upbringing in the Catholic faith - particularly because my father is… — David Lowery Believe Copy Share Image
With any movie that gets remade, whether I like the remake or not, I'm glad that I can still go watch the… — David Lowery Experience Copy Share Image
I've never had an actual haunting experience, in the way you might anticipate a ghost in a movie haunting someone, but I… — David Lowery Experience Copy Share Image
I made 'St. Nick' on a 30-page outline. 'Aint' Them Bodies Saints' was a full-bodied script, but it still had a lot… — David Lowery Figure Copy Share Image
At the end of the day on 'Pete's Dragon,' if we didn't nail something, we could come back and pick it up… — David Lowery Day Copy Share Image
I was raised in a deeply Catholic family. There was a sense that everything we were doing was to prepare ourselves for… — David Lowery Afterlife Copy Share Image
I can't watch my movies at their premieres - I learned that lesson the hard way. — David Lowery Film Copy Share Image
When I'm writing a story, I try to reduce it to the barest possible components and go from there. — David Lowery Go Copy Share Image
I never put a premium on making a living. It was never one of those things that was important to me. — David Lowery Important Copy Share Image
I love films that are more random and chaotic, finding moments and capturing them. — David Lowery Chaotic Copy Share Image
I try to live my life with grace and through grace even though I don't particularly believe in the divine - and… — David Lowery Believe Copy Share Image
I certainly did not envisage making a Disney movie. The most I hoped for was to be able to pay my bills.… — David Lowery Bills Copy Share Image
I think, with 'St. Nick,' when you're working with a smaller budget, you have fewer risks involved. You're able to take chances… — David Lowery Budget Copy Share Image
If your financiers care about the movie, they will be involved in a very constructive fashion, but it can get out of… — David Lowery Cinema Copy Share Image
Casey Affleck is someone I want to work with again. We almost had him on 'Pete's Dragon,' but his scheduling issues didn't… — David Lowery Again Copy Share Image
Making movies is hard for me. Being on set is very trying. I'm not good at being that communicative for that long.… — David Lowery Editing Copy Share Image
Grief reveals itself in the most mundane activities, like eating. It's never when you're looking at old pictures. — David Lowery Death Copy Share Image
I love working with the same people. When I find someone I love and that I like working with, I don't want… — David Lowery Find Copy Share Image
There are some stories - not even stories, some feelings - that you can't accomplish in cinema without using celluloid. — David Lowery Accomplish Copy Share Image
No two people who make a movie on a certain budget scale are going to achieve the same thing because it just… — David Lowery Achieve Copy Share Image
I like to make movies in Texas because that's where I learned how to do it. I know the industry there, I… — David Lowery Cinema Copy Share Image
I don't think I'm the best screenwriter in the world. It's just important to me to write my movies so I'm personally… — David Lowery Best Copy Share Image
