Peter Greenaway Quotes

Whether you're Godard or Almodovar or Scorsese, it's text, text, text. Everything begins with the text, and this is a source of great anguish to me. So please let cinema get on with doing what it does best, which is expressing ideas in visual terms.

Peter Greenaway

Recitation: by Male by Female

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GreatBestMeIdeasDoingYou

Everyone can have a bad period in their life, but we are famous; we have a lot of things. Sometimes people think we are not human, with no feelings, with no problems.

Alvaro Morata

LifePeopleProblemsThinkBad

I was once made honorary mayor of my hometown of Newark, Del.

Tom Douglas

HometownMayorMadeOnceNewark

I always wanted to perform.

Julia Louis-Dreyfus

AlwaysWantedPerform

My job is to pay attention to my children's genius and allow those leanings to lead them to their future.

Lisa Whelchel

FutureChildrenJobGeniusAttention

I think I was probably always a liar; I just get paid for it now.

Jason Isaacs

LiarThinkNowAlwaysPaidGet

I get more distracted by hair or a really bad wig than I do costumes any day of the week.

Colleen Atwood

DayHairWeekBadMoreWig

Maybe philosophy - I love talking about ideas. Or maybe art history. I was thinking about psychology, then I got really afraid because everybody says it's terribly boring.

Claire Danes

LoveHistoryArtIdeasThinking

I wish to lead a life free from care, and I see that I shall be unhappy if I cannot always work at my art.

Clara Schumann

LifeWorkArtFreeCareWish

The point about melody and beat and lyric is that they exist to engage you in a very particular way. They want to occupy your attention.

Brian Eno

AttentionYouWantWayEngageBeat

Just being able to get paid to do something you love is a wonderful thing. That said, a writer's daily routine, unless you're Dominick Dunne, isn't exactly glamorous. Much of it amounts to drudgery, staring at a computer screen all day in a room by yourself, juggling nouns and verbs to make a demanding editor happy.

Bryan Burrough

LoveDailyDayYourselfLove IsYou

For me, speaking my mind is a big part of my life, and I encourage other people to do that as well.

Anne-Marie

LifePeopleMindMeMy LifeBig

I've learned that while I'd be a fool not to stay open to the advice and experiences of the smart, amazing people in my life, I also need to listen to what I have to say.

Alicia Keys

LifeFoolSmartPeopleAmazingSay

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