Mike Nichols Quotes

It's very weird about movies: you never know which ones are going to stay alive and which one are going to be meaningless. When you're there, you couldn't possibly predict it. Some things slowly die, and others slowly stay a while.

Mike Nichols

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: director
  • Nationality: german
  • Birth: November 6, 1931 - November 19, 2014

Topics

WeirdDieYouAliveKnowMovies

You don't wanna be around your family constantly.

John Oates

FamilyYouYourAroundConstantly

Our senses have changed, even though our emotions have not.

Jean-Michel Jarre

EmotionsSensesChangedEvenOur

Alejandro Jodorowsky is one of the supreme nut jobs in movie history, and of course I mean that in the nicest way.

Steve Erickson

HistoryWayMeanCourseSupremeNut

There may be fewer women historians writing on traditionally 'male' subjects, but they are outstanding in the field - like Margaret MacMillan.

Amanda Foreman

WomenWritingMayLikeOutstanding

My mother never finished elementary school. My father didn't, and that was a reality for many of us.

Ruben Blades

FatherMotherSchoolRealityNever

You don't buy a Picasso because you love the frame.

Joss Whedon

LoveYouFrameBuyBecausePicasso

The first draft often is really fast, and I'd be terribly ashamed if anybody ever saw it.

Jonathan Dee

FastFirstAshamedSawDraftReally

There's always that moment on every movie where you just go, 'Okay, this is that moment. I'm about to potentially fall flat on my face, and I might as well just dive in and see what happens.'

Johnny Depp

MomentFaceYouFallGoOkay

If we can provide even a fictional roadmap to what a successful, prosperous African nation might look like, then let's do that.

Christopher Priest

LookNationSuccessfulLikeEven

I hope, after I'm gone, there will still be a Yes.

Chris Squire

HopeWillYesGoneStillAfter

Some people who suffer run away from God, and I know the tendency, but instead I just run to Him.

Anne Graham Lotz

GodPeopleKnowRunSome PeopleHim

I described the euro as a burning building with no exits and so it has proved for some of the countries in it.

William Hague

BuildingBurningSomeCountriesEuro

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