Jeff Lemire Quotes

You run the risk, whenever you build your story around a central mystery, of either letting it go too long, or revealing it too soon and then taking the wind out of the sails of the narrative.

Jeff Lemire

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: artist
  • Nationality: canadian
  • Birth: March 21, 1976

Topics

WindStoryMysteryLongYouRun

I think the Lord gives us everything we can handle, nothing more.

Joe Nichols

ThinkNothingMoreEverythingHandle

I think the fundamental thing about writing fiction is that you write what interests you and what inspires you. It can't be forced. I see no need to write about anything else or any other type of world.

Jhumpa Lahiri

WritingWorldThinkYouNeedSee

I'm a very normal person with a very even keel.

Jeremy Scott

PersonNormalNormal PersonEven

When my mother read 'The Joy Luck Club', she was always complaining to me how she had to tell her friends that, no, she was not the mother or any of the mothers in the book.

Amy Tan

MotherJoyMeLuckBookFriends

Learning is the new skill. Imagination, creation and asking new questions are at its core.

Sugata Mitra

LearningImaginationQuestionsSkill

I wasn't sure pop art or my work would last more than six months.

Roy Lichtenstein

WorkArtMoreLastSurePop

I have a big brother who would make dolls' houses and playhouses and furniture out of wood. He was the one who taught me from such a young age that you could just make something. The physical act of gluing something together was really formative for me.

Miranda July

AgeTogetherBrotherMeYouYoung

On the other track I got to talk with Jon Poll, my editor, and we go into more detail about the decisions we made in both the production and the post-production. So I hope the combination becomes something worth collecting.

Jay Roach

HopeDetailDecisionsWorthGoTalk

Every man should see the birth of his children.

Dennis Banks

ChildrenManBirthSeeEvery Man

Harnessing the power of the present means having your full awareness on the task at hand and having access to the possibilities, the opportunities, and the support that exists right now.

Debbie Ford

PowerSupportOpportunitiesPresent

You can't improvise without a skeletal structure; you can't just go in and start talking. This is a very misunderstood craft because no one else makes movies like this.

Christopher Guest

StartTalkingYouGoMoviesCraft

All I can say about life is, 'Oh God, enjoy it!'

Bob Newhart

LifeGodEnjoyI CanSayOh

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