Own Material Quotes

26 quotes by 25 authors

Humanity needs practical men, who get the most out of their work, and, without forgetting the general good, safeguard their own interests. But humanity also… — Marie Curie
On the last couple of movies I made - big-budget Hollywood movies - I really missed being able to create my own material. — Rick Moranis
What we need is more women writers, writing for older women. There are some actresses who have production companies and create their own material, and… — Kathleen Turner
A bodybuilder is a sculptor who carries with him his own material. — Serge Nubret
... The 'cleverness' syndrome has taken the place of melody. It's like everyone has come down with this terrible disease in jazz....you are always expected… — Keith Jarrett
The band cannot sign to another label or even put out its own material unless they are released from their agreement, which never happens. — Steve Albini
There is no telling what is going to happen in the music business in the next few years, hours, minutes, seconds. Giving artists the chance… — Pauley Perrette
I've always chosen all my own material; no one ever told me what to sing or how to sing it, but I've always been pressured… — Jane Monheit
I have a bad tendency to get rapidly bored with my own material, so rewriting is hard for me. I mean, I already know the… — Alan Dean Foster
One thing that the white man can never give the black man is self respect. The black man in the ghettos, have to start self… — Malcolm X
So I played the acoustic guitar and harmonica and stomped my foot and I think I was right in assuming that Greenwich Village would be… — Steve Forbert
The Pleasure Seekers eventually turned into Cradle, when we started writing our own material. My younger sister Nancy was brought in as singer and I… — Suzi Quatro
I mean, there are many other directors who are probably both more skilled and excited to adapt novels or work within certain genre conventions. I'd… — Todd Solondz
I'm currently trying to direct my own material. — Tom Skerritt
Reading your own material aloud forces you to listen. — Stephen Ambrose
Stanley Kubrick was a big inspiration. People accuse me of never using my own material. But when did Kubrick? You look at his films and… — Frank Darabont
I always knew that I wanted to work on my own material - something that would be more long-lasting than short-lived electronic transmissions. — Alan Bradley
I never got nervous performing my own material. — Wiz Khalifa
When I was very young, I didn't really write my own material. I just memorized other peoples' jokes. Established comics, like Stanley Myron Handelman and… — Kevin Nealon
I wanted to be an actor. That was my real goal. But I wasn't any good at it, so I wrote my own material and… — Lou Reed

Who Wrote These Own Material Quotes

25 authors contributed a total of 26 Own Material Quotes as follows: