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If Im in the bookstore, and I see a 700-page novel, my first thought is, Ooh, how could you cut this down to size and make a movie out of it?
In exchange for ten years of being on top, I'm gonna end up in prison or I'm gonna end up dead, and there's something fascinating about that.
I do love animals so much, and have a great respect for them emotionally and intellectually, because they are so different from human beings.
When a man gets his money in bad ways, when he sees the better course and takes the worse, then the devil's in his heart, and that fixes him.
I have the Google alert for marijuana articles come on my phone everyday. There are some interesting ones that have come up that I file away.
Once your film is done, you can't explain to people what something was supposed to be. You can't give them footnotes. It all has to be there.
I have writer friends who go to the premiere of a film with their name listed as the writer, but they are shocked: 'That's not what I wrote!'
I think the macho mystique was far more a guiding principle in our Dad's generation than ours, the 'strong silent type' was much more common.
I alternate between feeling incredibly lucky that I've gotten away with almost everything I wanted to do, and feeling like I've been shafted.
Comedy is all about rhythm and context, and there's all types of comedies, and it's about finding that right brand, that consistency in tone.
Oh, I've got the prettiest mother. I've got the nicest mother. That's what I tell everybody. I say I've got the sweetest mother in the world.
When it comes to fighting for freedom, those who are willing to fight should not be limited by our bigotry. Only rewarded with our gratitude.
All worthy work is open to interpretations the author did not intend. Art isn't your pet -- it's your kid. It grows up and talks back to you.
Because to me, there is no logic of any kind behind misogyny. Therefore, it’s funny, because it’s so completely random to me. It’s senseless.
Science fiction is like a blender - you can put in any historical experience and take influences from everything you see, read or experience.
In other news, it's been far too long since I gloated massively about the fact that I know what's going to happen on Buffy and you all don't.
It's very important that we start creating new content again. We can only build on nostalgia so much before we have nothing left to build on.
The first few films I made didn't look good at all, and I wasn't trying to make them look good. People dig 'em because they like the content.
When we look at films, we usually see only the action. Yet it is the decision to act that helps us understand how the character's mind works.
Actors will change their face, will change their hair, will change their voice, will disappear into the role. A movie star doesn't disappear.
It's not writing in the traditional sense, but I've always said that the writing process continues on the set and even into the editing room.
You know, I'm very particular about my sheets. They have to be one hundred percent cotton, with a high thread count. Only cotton. No flannel.
If you've been nominated for an Oscar, it would be ridiculous to say you didn't want to win. It would be lovely to have one of those statues.
The thing that's interesting about science fiction is that it is always, when it is done well, a lens on our world. And yet it is a metaphor.
Whenever I finish a movie, I usually go through a period where I think I'll never have another idea. And then, somehow, you get another idea.
You have to think about space differently; you have to think about time differently when you're talking about a graphic novel versus a movie.
I used to think that looking across a pillow into the fabulous face of Buster Keaton would be a more thrilling destiny than any screen career.
For many years Hollywood held this double lure for me, tremendous sums of money for work that required no more effort than a game of pinochle.
The spirit of L.A. is untamed wilderness. It's earthquakes and wildfires and oceans and mountain lions and fog. There's great physical beauty.
I had amazing stuff happen right off the top. I thought this was how it worked. Hollywood is awesome! Cut to three years later: What happened?
I think we built the right future. If it's a choice between the flying car or the Internet, tablets and smartphones, I'll take what we've got.
When I was a kid, I read many more Marvel comics than I did DC. As I got older, in high school and then in college, I started reading more DC.
I love the freedom of writing and then I love the realization of directing. I can't favor one or the other. I enjoy both parts of the process.
There's a lot of power in saying no to big things that you don't want to do in order to say yes to the kind of things that really inspire you.
It's possible that I've matured as a writer, and I hope I've matured emotionally, but I always find myself revisiting these adolescent scenes.
Whenever you write script without a director, you put in things that point toward a style in which the story will be told, a subjective style.
It may not seem like much, but think of the consequences. One overdue library book today, the collapse of the universe by the end of the week.
It was 'ST' format to let space and alien worlds, rather than human weakness, provide the conflict and danger necessary to our adventure show.
I had a caricature view of the guy in the beret with the big megaphone, but a movie director and writer was beyond my role of understanding.
I have a lot of fantasies about being tied up and spanked. I suppose it isn't very liberated, is it? What kind of fantasies do feminists have?
I may not be the strongest guy or the most well armed, but you can put me in a room with a pencil and a piece of paper and I can kill anybody.
I suppose when I started out I would have liked to have been the darling of critics or something, but everybody wants to be loved and admired.
In every generation there is a chosen one. She alone will stand against the vampires the demons and the forces of darkness. She is the slayer.
Everything I do is going to contain the message that men who are going to be comfortable with powerful women are going to be more powerful men
I saw Richard Linklater's film 'Slacker' for my twenty-first birthday. That was the moment when it all seemed possible. This guy gave me hope.
I just love movies, so suddenly, you’re political about movies, and that’s dark. It’s just not fun when something you love becomes calculated.
I just love movies, so suddenly, you're political about movies, and that's dark. It's just not fun when something you love becomes calculated.
I know the book on me is I'm bombastic and over-the-top, but I think people who know me know that's a part of who I am, but it's not who I am.
Persecutions are inevitable as a Christian. We are not greater than our Master, Jesus Christ, in whose Holy Spirit we gain strength to endure.
Age is a limit we impose upon ourselves. You know, each time you Westerners celebrate your birthday you build another fence around your minds.