Longing Quote by Stephen Schwartz

I am still attracted to stories about people who are considered to be on the outside of society. I still seek inspiration from those…

— Mira Nair

I'm attracted to stories of people who don't belong together, who embark on something and find themselves in places they don't belong.

— Bennett Miller

I've always been pulled toward people who can't seem to make anything fit. It's like a cinema of isolation, of loneliness. They go outside…

— Harmony Korine

I've always felt like an outsider, whether in school or when I'm working or within the industry or just in society at large.

— Andrew Haigh

I prefer stories about people who are, in a sense, trying to find better versions of themselves.

— Curtis Hanson

I'm just interested in people on the edges. I feel an affinity for people who haven't had the best breaks in society. I'm always…

— Mary Ellen Mark

I tend to write about people. I look at things from the bottom up and from the perspective of outsiders. A part of me…

— Alex Kotlowitz

I am interested in outsiders. I suppose I have always felt like one myself.

— Rebecca Pidgeon

I’ve always been a sort of self-imposed outsider, not a geeky outsider or a snobby outsider but, I just have a natural desire to…

— Sara Quin

When I was growing up, all I wanted to do was fit in, but if you're perpetually an outsider, it gives you a perspective…

— Moby

At the core of my work there is this eternal back-and-forth between being confined to one's own individuality and that longing to be part…

— Beat Streuli

So many people seem to spend their lives trying to appear normal, predictable and consistent to themselves and those that surround them. They just…

— Peter J. Carroll