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Steven Amsterdam Quotes

Fiction demands structures and recognizable shapes. Big surprises only draw attention to the writer's hand.

Steven Amsterdam

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: writer
Nationality: american
Birth: January 31, 1966

Topics

Attention Hand Surprises Fiction Big

One of the things about being a law student is that the academic discipline of law is very often removed from the practical reality of law. How to complain, who to complain to, and whether or not you even need to invoke the law is very different in the real world from how it's examined in the lecture theatre.

Discipline Law Theatre World Reality

The more you create, the more ambitious you become with your projects. Short films were a direct result of over 200 web series sketches and vlogs. After you create enough 2-minute videos, you start to wonder what else there is. Deadlines and discipline and quantity with a focus on quality have always been what keeps me going.

Discipline Focus Quality Me Start

Thus it seemed to Haeckel that such simple life could easily be produced from inanimate material.

Life Simple Simple Life Material

And I had this big, long list of what I wanted in a guy but I realized I didn't stack up to the list myself.

Myself Long Up Big Guy Wanted

Dark comedy helped me survive.

Me Survive Comedy Dark Helped

Everybody can adore you because you're on television, but at the end of the day, when you're no longer on TV, who's still there? It's family.

Family Day End Of The Day End You

I enjoyed coming home to Crown Heights. There was a certain order to life there. You know, Shabbos, spending time with your family, eating and being in 'shul.' Prayers at nighttime, prayers in the morning. Everyone knows everybody; you walk your kids everywhere.

Life Family Home Morning Time Walk

Exposing children to nature, especially at an early age, keeps them grounded.

Nature Age Children Early Grounded

I'm an optimistic agnostic. I think the second we die, within a matter of seconds, everybody else arrives, and that's the party, and you live your hell on earth.

Live Think Hell Die You Earth

Whatever happens, I'll just keep moving forward. Like an avalanche.

Moving Forward Moving Forward Keep

When you're forced to watch something in school, you never really enjoy it; you sort of rebel against it in a certain way.

School Enjoy You Rebel Way Never

Ted Geisel was trying to make a statement about awareness and personal responsibility. He was very clear about that. But the ideas and themes in 'The Lorax' go beyond a love of trees. It's also a story about the dangers of greed and the power of redemption. That's what makes it a timeless tale.

Chris Meledandri

Love Power Responsibility Ideas Go

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