Quote by Paul Schrader Download Open image ““I'm basically depressive, cynical, prone to intellectualization.”” — Paul Schrader ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.5 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“I usually dumb down around the intellectually deficient so I don’t come off like a complete prick.” — Krista Ritchie Copy Share Image
“One is sad when one thinks about life—cynical when one -sees what people make of it.” — Erich Maria Remarque Copy Share Image
“In pursuit of happiness, smart people often end up dumbing down themselves.” — Erol Ozan Copy Share Image
“If you are rude, cynical, habitually-sarcastic or pessimistic, your life options are going to be very limited.” — Bryant McGill Copy Share Image
“Perhaps the more that a person is an intellectual the more they are prone to misconceptions.” — Taiichi Ohno Copy Share Image
“It's about not taking things personally. Even when you feel the world is crumbling around you. It's about choosing happiness over suffering. It's about… — Laura Munson Copy Share Image
“Well, at least I can spare myself the ordeal of a whole battery of personality tests. My personality is poor; that much is clear.” — Susan Juby Copy Share Image
“The attitude that depression is necessary strikes me as destructive, inhuman, and victimizing.” — David D. Burns Copy Share Image
“The biggest problem with melancholy is that it is more detailed than the world.” — Lisa Robertson Copy Share Image
“Twelve hours of work and I still can't sleep.Days go on and on... They don't end.” — Paul Schrader Copy Share Image
The secret of the creative life is to feel at ease with your own embarrassment. — Paul Schrader Copy Share Image
People who act against their own best interests are interesting characters. — Paul Schrader Copy Share Image
All these teachers and [screenwriting] books mean you see movies that have been worked over by more committees wielding more rules, that all originality… — Paul Schrader Copy Share Image
Because many of the films I've made have had an intellectualedge, it's harder for me to lie. It's harder for me to go to… — Paul Schrader Copy Share Image
Those artists who say that somehow therapy or analysis will thwart their creativity are completely misinformed. It's absolutely the opposite: it opens closed doors. — Paul Schrader Copy Share Image
Contradiction is the heart and soul of character and drama. You're always looking for it. I loved her so much I hit her; that's… — Paul Schrader Copy Share Image
You can't take contradiction away. Part of the fun of it is that the contradiction never really quite goes away. — Paul Schrader Copy Share Image
I still think like a critic, and I still analyze films like a critic. However, it's not possible to write criticism if you're making… — Paul Schrader Copy Share Image
There's something wrong - the performance, the weather, the set design, the lighting. Something is not working. And so you say, "Give me 10… — Paul Schrader Copy Share Image
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