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And so my militant philosophy is this: to make with a brush on canvas is a simple direct delight-to make with the movie is the same.
When I write a screenplay - and I think this is true for a lot of people - you direct the movie. That's what writing a screenplay is.
That's why teenagers fascinate me - they're like children with drivers' licenses. Like children in that their impulses are so direct.
Laughter is a Trojan horse to enter into direct contact with the unconscious, strike the imagination, and trigger visceral reactions.
Our belief is that it is a basket of well-diversified companies that are playing the Internet, but are not direct Internet companies.
I had never thought of myself as a director and found out that I was not. I am a writer who was able to direct the films that I write.
With 'New Rose Hotel,' I knew that I was getting paid a $100,000 fee to write, produce, and direct, and that's all I was going to get.
I did not direct my life. I didn't design it. I never made decisions. Things always came up and made them for me. That's what life is.
People think that the directors direct actors. No. Really, what the director's doing is directing the audience's eye through the film.
I gained direct knowledge of the life of the poor in big towns: I have lived the narrowing mechanism of its conditioning and feared it.
The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor.
Proposing direct discounts at the pharmacy counter is just part of the Trump agenda for fairer, more transparent prices in health care.
Ignorant kindness may have the effect of cruelty; but to be angry with it as if it were direct cruelty would be an ignorant unkindness.
Past success is no guarantee of future success, so I have learned to be an entrepreneur. I began to produce and direct my own projects.
I don't know the science behind climate change. I can't say one way or another what is the direct impact, whether it's man-made or not.
Life always rides in strength to victory, not through internationalism... but only through the direct responsibility of the individual.
Honesty is the most single most important factor having a direct bearing on the final success of an individual, corporation, or product.
It is easier to lead men to combat, stirring up their passion, than to restrain them and direct them toward the patient labors of peace.
I got to direct a human interest sports drama - to this day, one of my proudest achievements in my career and a source of undying pride.
The Premier League is a competition that suits me, which is perhaps more praise to myself. It's more direct, more rhythmic than Ligue 1.
I want to write more and direct more, but only so I can keep practising my craft and be involved in the projects that really interest me.
When I make a film - I direct my own film, I write my own script - that's what I want to hear from the audience. 'Oh, thank you, Jackie!'
Feminism is hated because women are hated. Anti-feminism is a direct expression of misogyny; it is the political defense of women hating.
I'm direct, I'm unpretentious and I'm pretty dogged, and I hope I've got a capacity to laugh at myself and not take myself too seriously.
'Quantum Conundrum' is a direct reflection, not just of me, but of our entire team. It has a little bit of all of our personalities in it.
I have no desire to direct at all. I know how much pressure it is, and, trust me, it's so much easier and so much more fun to be an actor.
Mothers tend to be more direct. Fathers talk to other fathers about their kids more metaphorically. It's a different way of communication.
Stand-up is the only thing in which you actually write it, act it and direct it simultaneously, so it's actually a great theater exercise.
Cyber bullies can hide behind a mask of anonymity online, and do not need direct physical access to their victims to do unimaginable harm.
I won't ever direct a film. And I certainly won't write an autobiography. Only self-obsessed people want to write or talk about themselves!
Those who appreciate the ways of simple tribes, where every activity is direct and immediately understandable, are able to live among them.
I love writing. Given a choice, after directing for all these years, and if given an army of talented directors, I would not direct at all.
I think I was, like, maybe frustrated for many years because I didn't try to direct. And since I made my movie I'm just like, 'It's great.'
Writing a novel is an intense and lonely business, but you have the reward at the end of a very direct dialogue between you and the reader.
Haitian diplomacy will be oriented toward the influx of foreign capital, direct investments that create jobs and stimulate economic growth.
For too long Hezbollah has been able to conduct its illegal operations unhindered by the threat of a direct response from the United States.
One might not think of light as a matter of fact, but I do. And it is, as I said, as plain and open and direct an art as you will ever find.
Every commercial covers different ground, different ideas, and it's my profession to direct and to tell stories - for me, it's very organic.
Let me put it this way: I would like to direct a successful film. An unsuccessful film I would not like to direct. Films are very difficult.
I'd like to direct myself but I'm a cinephile and I also would like to just step behind the camera and be on the other end of making movies.
We must give young people and others who cannot find a job a direct and clear incentive to create one for themselves by starting a business.
My work sometimes can be abstract and appear not to have a direct relationship to Afro-American concerns, but, in fact, it is based on that.
I like chatting with people. If people ask me a direct question, I give them a direct answer and I feel I've always done that with the press.
The value of government to the people it serves is in direct relationship to the interest citizens themselves display in the affairs of state.
Eventually, it came to this place like, 'I'd like to direct, but I need to find the story to tell.' 'Man of Tai Chi' became the story to tell.
Every once in while, a person will do something obvious and direct that is no more than it appears to be. I think they do it to throw you off.
I like my drawings to be direct. I don't generally work on them for too long, but that doesn't mean that they are not works in their own right.
I've been competitive since day one. Even in little things as a child, like having a twin and a direct competitor for who makes better cookies.
I've had fans come and knock on my door. I'm usually polite, but I'm usually very direct and say, 'It's not cool that you come here uninvited.'
Every actor wants to direct and produce, but I made a conscious decision when I was in college to understand the 'business' of 'show business.'