Drawn Quote by Phil Elverum Download Open image “I think that as a kid I was pretty drawn to melodrama.” — Phil Elverum ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.5 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Drawn I think Melodrama Pretty Think
Melodrama is one of the most stunning art forms. These are stories where the emotions are big, and the situations are big, and the… — James Gray Copy Share Image
“In serious Victorian fiction, as in Shakespearian tragedy, melodrama normally functions as metaphor. The author finds a vivid equivalent for a reality too elaborate… — Ian Gregor Copy Share Image
I love melodrama. I love the simple fact. When you read Euripides he's a page turner. It's like reading a Mexican comic book romance. — Guy Maddin Copy Share Image
Plot and melodrama were in every life; in some so briefly as hardly to be recognized, in others-in that of certain men and women… — Gertrude Atherton Copy Share Image
I did read all my old diaries and was quite surprised by the overwhelming melancholic tone. I remember things being rosier than they really… — Emily Giffin Copy Share Image
It seems to me that most things that are being made are designed for young people. There aren't that many depictions of melancholic older… — Peter Capaldi Copy Share Image
My childhood was colorfully anarchic and punctuated by a lot of change. — Sadie Frost Copy Share Image
We grew up as kids watching those movies and we were exposed to themes of civil rights, unfairness, bigotry and fathers struggling against the… — Rachel Griffiths Copy Share Image
When I was a kid and I was being introduced to science fiction by watching movies with my Dad, Kubrick is one of those… — Duncan Jones Copy Share Image
I grew up thinking 'The Hills' was real life and it made me feel terrible about my own. Like, why wasn't I perfect and… — Trisha Paytas Copy Share Image
When I saw 'subUrbia' on stage, I started having those feelings inside me. I saw it as a film, and I felt I knew… — Richard Linklater Copy Share Image
I like the experience being in the audience and being overwhelmed by sound, like thick, oppressive loud sound and distortion. — Phil Elverum Copy Share Image
I want to not be associated with death or cancer, I don't want that life. — Phil Elverum Copy Share Image
They're all true - the cliches like 'one day at time' and 'ups and downs.' — Phil Elverum Copy Share Image
A weird side effect of being in close proximity to death is an urgency. — Phil Elverum Copy Share Image
I like Copenhagen, just because my shows there have been really good for some reason. Not that I love the city itself, but every… — Phil Elverum Copy Share Image
My exposure to independent music was via Nirvana and grunge so I'd never gotten into punk. I don't really like that music of Crass,… — Phil Elverum Copy Share Image
I feel like I spend most of my time in a state of writer's block! When things do come out, they come out quickly. — Phil Elverum Copy Share Image
It's a beautiful idea to focus on how everything is temporary and always in flux. It may feel bad now, but it will feel… — Phil Elverum Copy Share Image
My grandpa is the funniest person in the world, straight up. But mostly everyone in my family groans when he is 'on.' I am… — Phil Elverum Copy Share Image
Usually I work at the merch table until one minute before I have to go on stage. — Phil Elverum Copy Share Image
All the books on my shelves, when I would go to them to look for help with my anguish, they all just seemed so… — Phil Elverum Copy Share Image
I wanted to make a record that would transcend the bad, hard feelings of a love relationship not working out, to make something that… — Phil Elverum Copy Share Image
The reason I'm drawn to it is - both the off road racing and the motorcycles on the track - it takes a lot… — Dax Shepard Copy Share Image
But I had never drawn on a tablet before. I've been doing pencil and paper and film for almost 20 years. I wanted to… — Don Hertzfeldt Copy Share Image
A children's author on a soapbox is not a pleasant sight but I have become drawn into issues, slightly unwillingly, relating to young people,… — Anthony Horowitz Copy Share Image
My intent was to gain experience for fiction I eventually hoped to write. But there's no question I was drawn in by the hope… — Tom Rachman Copy Share Image
I've always been drawn to dark stories. I enjoy reading Flannery O'Connor, Patricia Highsmith, and Margaret Mitchell. — Karin Slaughter Copy Share Image
As an actor, I've been drawn to those characters that are further away from who I may be. — Kurt Sutter Copy Share Image
I was married to a law student, and I used to attend classes with him at Georgetown University Law Center. Being of dramatic bent,… — Luanne Rice Copy Share Image
Every job is a blessing. Everyone has to take into account what is available. Are you paying rent, who do you get to work… — Ben Foster Copy Share Image
I seem to be drawn to these smaller forms, and I seem to be drawn to things that can be written and also read… — Jenny Zhang Copy Share Image
