Michelle Huneven Quotes

Writers can take offense when someone asks what's real or autobiographical in our work because, to us, that's not what counts. The bits taken from life are tiny scales on the dragon's tail - what about that whole beautiful writhing, fire-breathing dragon?

Michelle Huneven

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LifeWorkBeautifulSomeoneRealUs

Measured in time of transport and communication, the whole round globe is now smaller than a small European country was a hundred years ago.

John Boyd Orr

CommunicationTimeSmallCountryNow

I can't even begin to tell you how many casting couches I was attacked on. Not just by casting people, but by stars.

Jenny McCarthy

StarsPeopleYouBeginTellJust

I think the big thing about Groupon is just people had never seen anything grow quite so fast.

Andrew Mason

PeopleThinkGrowFastNeverBig

When I got the call about 'Arrival,' I was doubtful because the piece had had a life on cinema already, and we were getting to the point where the original context was sort of lost, and I didn't want that to happen. On the other hand, 'Arrival' itself is a political film because it's about unification and getting beyond boundaries.

Max Richter

LifePoliticalCinemaLostWant

I am of the very last generation who didn't have computers at school. As we grow old we'll become something of an aberration.

Steve Coogan

SchoolI AmComputersGenerationOld

When I started, I faced a lot of hardships. People used to call me a Rafi clone because I used to sing my favourite singer's songs. Then 'Sa Re Ga Ma Pa' happened. It gave me a good break.

Sonu Nigam

GoodPeopleMeHardshipsSinger

Great storytellers in the past would go to an unknown land and return to tell the stories they've found. Those were also journeys into their inner psyches and that's still true today. An actor, a writer, does that as if saying, 'Here's what I've discovered about myself and about the world I'm in. I would like to share this with you.'

Robert Davi

TodayGreatMyselfPastWorldYou

Everybody in politics claims to want to get everybody out of poverty. What's the opposite? Wealth. And what is often criticized by the left? Wealth.

Rush Limbaugh

PoliticsPovertyWealthWantOut

I can't bear the silent ringing in my skull.

Jonathan Lethem

SilentBearSkullRinging

A lot of people have helped me along the way. But you know the biggest thing for me was when computer animation came along.

Chris Wedge

PeopleMeYouKnowWayAnimation

Nobody gives a crap about hockey down here - nobody. I coach kids' hockey down here and you can start to see the disinterest in the game here with the kids.

Bobby Hull

StartGameHockeyYouDownNobody

I only make storyboards for action scenes. Once you make a storyboard, you don't film; it can be a stiff move.

Anton Corbijn

ActionYouFilmMoveOnlyOnce

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