Formulaic Quotes

25 quotes by 24 authors

I did Air America for two reasons: to be in a movie with Mel Gibson and to make a bunch of money. And then underneath… — Robert Downey, Jr.
It is comparatively easy to become a writer; staying a writer, resisting formulaic work, generating ones own creativity - thats a much tougher matter. — Brian Aldiss
I put away that stuffed God I had all stitched up with my human understandings and fears. God is less formulaic and quantifiable as he… — Jim Palmer
I think often in film we limit our imaginations a little - well, quite a lot, actually things get quite formulaic. — Hugo Weaving
Most women's pictures are as boring and as formulaic as men's pictures. In place of a car chase or a battle scene, what you get… — Frances McDormand
I'm confused that there is a lack of faith in listening to and deciding what is a great song and instead going for these formulaic,… — Patty Griffin
Fantasy gets a mixed reception - a lot of fantasy is formulaic but most of the award-winning fantasy on the contrary tends to be the… — Graham Joyce
People get caught up in formulaic answers. When one doesn't work, they just go on to the next. — James A. Champy
Schools were designed by Horace Mann and Barnard Sears and Harper of the University of Chicago and Thorndyke of Columbia Teachers College and some other… — John Taylor Gatto
I stray away from formulaic, the formatted. — Christina Aguilera
It sounds formulaic now, but at the time, I was interested in the difference between the thing and the representation of the idea of the… — David Salle
Too many films today feel formulaic and familiar. I prefer it when the familiar is made to feel strange. — Nicolas Roeg
It's the formulaic studio movies the make money, and when they do, the actors in them are automatically movie stars. — Mickey Rourke
It took me twenty years to get Steven Parrino's work. From the time I first saw his art, in the mid-eighties, I almost always dismissed… — Jerry Saltz
When I finally got tired of arguing with her and decided to write a novel as if I was some kind of formulaic, genre writing… — Jim Butcher
If businesses are to redeem themselves in the eyes of the public and regain the trust that they have lost, they should worry a lot… — Nick Baker
Organic farming appealed to me because it involved searching for and discovering nature's pathways, as opposed to the formulaic approach of chemical farming. The appeal… — Eliot Coleman
We are at a point in the video game industry that the industry is hollowed out. It is out of touch with the zeitgeist, creating… — Mitch Lasky
After its defeat in the Second World War, Japan, unlike Germany, failed to show true contrition or give a fulsome apology, though it showered its… — Martin Jacques
Science fiction is not formulaic. — Octavia E. Butler

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