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Debra Granik Quotes

Sometimes you get ensnared by an idea, and it's what I call 'the sticky burr': You go hiking, and a burr sticks to you, and that's the film you're going to make.

Debra Granik

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: director
Nationality: american
Birth: February 6, 1963

Topics

You Go Sometimes Call Film Going

A writer can be subjective, even digressive, or introspective and certainly judgmental. This is a simplification, of course, but as a general rule, it holds true.

Amitava Kumar

True Judgmental Rule Even General

There is such pressure on kids these days to be the best at everything.

Shirley Henderson

Best Pressure Everything Days Kids

I wanted to explore cancer not just biologically, but metaphorically. The idea that tuberculosis in the 19th century possessed the same kind of frightening and decaying quality was very interesting to me, and it seemed that one could explore the idea that every age defined its own illness.

Siddhartha Mukherjee

Age Quality Me Interesting Kind Own

My cousin owns restaurants, and I used to work in his restaurants with his chef. I've always liked food, and I've always been interested in cooking and stuff like that.

Luke Pasqualino

Work Food Cooking Chef Always Used

Every summer's mine.

DJ Khaled

Summer Mine Every

More than any other modern tool, computers are a total mystery to their users. Most people never open them up to fix them or to see how they work.

Clive Thompson

Work People Computers Mystery Never

We cannot, any of us, do all the things of which mankind stand in need; we must have fellow-labourers.

William Godwin

Stand Need Things Mankind Us Must

It is very a dangerous thing to have an idea that you will not practice.

Phyllis Bottome

Practice You Dangerous Will Idea

We are made up of multiple emotions. And it would be unnatural to completely eliminate even one or two or three of those. It's impossible. You'd become a robot if the emotions weren't there.

Phyllis Smith

Impossible You Emotions Three Become

I did a play in high school, then one in college. My first professional experience was off-off-Broadway. I'm conveniently blocking the title. I'm sure I was terrible.

Peter Riegert

Experience School College High School

I worked in a bookstore in Oslo, importing the English-language books.

Per Petterson

Books Bookstore Oslo Worked

I'm happily single.

Paula Abdul

Alone Single Happily