Directing Quotes

531 quotes by 423 authors

Producing is the hardest of the three because there is almost no closure. Every time you solve a problem, another one pops up. Directing is… — Henry Winkler
Oh Jake," Brett said, "We could have had such a damned good time together." Ahead was a mounted policeman in khaki directing traffic. He raised… — Ernest Hemingway
Many couples, many people, are not living with real human beings, but with their ghosts. Who has not followed for years the spell of a… — Anais Nin
Our father in heaven governs the affairs of men by placing specific individuals upon the earth to lead at specific times and inspiring and directing… — Harold B. Lee
Strictly speaking, there are no such things as good and bad impulses. Think...of a piano. It has not got two kinds of notes on it,… — C.S. Lewis
Cultural legacies are powerful forces. They have deep roots and long lives. They persist, generation after generation, virtually intact, even as the economic and social… — Malcolm Gladwell
Our freedom of choice in a competitive society rests on the fact that, if one person refuses to satisfy our wishes, we can turn to… — Friedrich August von Hayek
And there are vampires, too? Werewolves, warlocks, all that stuff?" Clary gnawed her lower lip. "So I hear." "And you kill them, too?" Simon asked,… — Cassandra Clare
Thinking is learning all over again how to see, directing one's consciousness, making of every image a privileged place. — Albert Camus
Never did he once consider directing his hatred toward the hunters. Such an emotion would have destroyed him ... His subconscious knew what his min… — Toni Morrison
Directing teenage actors is like juggling jars of nitro-glycerine: exhilarating and dangerous. — Stephen King
One of the reasons I became a writer is that, unlike starting a band, directing movies, or acting in a theatrical production, you can do… — Neil Strauss
I value my own independence so highly that I can fancy no degradation greater than that of having another man perpetually directing and advising and… — Elizabeth Gaskell
Anger is a fuel. You need fuel to launch a rocket. But if all you have is fuel without any complex internal mechanism directing it,… — Stanley Bing
Taxation of earnings from labor is on a par with forced labor. Seizing the results of someone's labor is equivalent to seizing hours from him… — Robert Nozick
The main characteristic of collectivism is that it does not take notice of the individual's will and moral self-determination. In the light of its philosophy… — Ludwig von Mises
When I started producing, it was George Abbott directing and he would let me do the scenery. He just wanted to know where the doors… — Harold Prince
I want to stop directing so many of resources to the military budget and focus them here at home. I believe government should invest in… — Cynthia Dill
I always want to be telling stories in whatever fashion I can, and directing is really just understanding and learning a different element of that… — Allison Mack
Music runs through everything I do - I even think musically; even when I was acting, but, especially, when I am directing. Directing is very… — Robby Benson

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