--- title: "4 Travis Mathews Quotes - Famous Film director" description: "American film director and screenwriter... | Travis Mathews is an American director and screenwriter. Primarily working within the documentary genre, hi..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c5/travis-mathews-70541_challenges_oscillate-wildly-is-in-many-ways-a-story_477364.jpg" --- # Travis Mathews (1974) Film Director **4** quotes in **51** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Travis Mathews is a film director. ## Quick Facts About Travis Mathews Born November 30, 1974 Profession Film Director ## About Travis Mathews American film director and screenwriter... \| Travis Mathews is an American director and screenwriter. Primarily working within the documentary genre, his credits include the films I Want Your Love, Interior. Leather Bar. and Discreet, and the web series In Their Room. ## Quotes by Travis Mathews > ["Oscillate Wildly" is in many ways a story of first love and how it challenges our hero's guarded sense of what's possible.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/travis-mathews/oscillate-wildly-is-in-many-ways-a-story-of-first-love-and-how-it/) Travis Mathews [Challenges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/challenges/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c5/travis-mathews-70541_challenges_oscillate-wildly-is-in-many-ways-a-story_477364.jpg) > [I listened to a lot of The Stooges when I was writing "Oscillate," imagining our hero moving through his days naturally embodying…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/travis-mathews/i-listened-to-a-lot-of-the-stooges-when-i-was-writing-oscillate/) Travis Mathews [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/870/travis-mathews-70541_accessories_i-listened-to-a-lot-of-the-stooges-when_2037682.jpg) > [I initially wanted to tell 'Oscillate Wildly' story because it wasn't one I had heard or seen before. The invisibility piece resonated…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/travis-mathews/i-initially-wanted-to-tell-oscillate-wildly-story-because-it-wasn-t/) Travis Mathews [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a09/travis-mathews-70541_brands_i-initially-wanted-to-tell-oscillate-wil_2226368.jpg) > [The male intimacy and raw honesty was already developing on the page 'Oscillate Wildly' with these characters. Being explicit would not only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/travis-mathews/the-male-intimacy-and-raw-honesty-was-already-developing-on-the-page/) Travis Mathews [Access](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/access/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ba5/travis-mathews-70541_access_the-male-intimacy-and-raw-honesty-was-al_3011939.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/travis-mathews/#itemlist", "name": "Travis Mathews Quotes", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "\"Oscillate Wildly\" is in many ways a story of first love and how it challenges our hero's guarded sense of what's possible.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Travis Mathews" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/travis-mathews/oscillate-wildly-is-in-many-ways-a-story-of-first-love-and-how-it/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c5/travis-mathews-70541_challenges_oscillate-wildly-is-in-many-ways-a-story_477364.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c5/travis-mathews-70541_challenges_oscillate-wildly-is-in-many-ways-a-story_477364.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c5/travis-mathews-70541_challenges_oscillate-wildly-is-in-many-ways-a-story_477364.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“\"Oscillate Wildly\" is in many ways a story of first love and how it challenges our hero's guarded sense of…” — Travis Mathews", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I listened to a lot of The Stooges when I was writing \"Oscillate,\" imagining our hero moving through his days naturally embodying the spirit of a real punk. 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