Scott Borchetta Quotes

I grew up in the San Fernando Valley of Southern California in the 1970s. My friends and I were into bicycle motocross and into skateboarding in empty swimming pools. Those activities shaped my generation.

Scott Borchetta

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SwimmingGenerationBicycleFriends

It's our job as fiction writers to provide a delight that nothing else can - to such a degree that people have no choice but to read our work. Now that's a very tall order, if not impossible. But why not try?

Jennifer Egan

WorkJobPeopleImpossibleChoice

When you first saw 'The Truman Show,' did anyone else walk around for the next week not picking your nose just in case?

Anna Kendrick

WalkWeekYouFirstNextSaw

In my experience, surgeons tend to need boatloads of attention.

Ann Patchett

ExperienceAttentionNeedTend

From a client perspective, I really think the work Microsoft's doing with Surface, with HoloLens, with Xbox, that stuff's absolutely essential to the company's future. Because innovation in the future will either be from the cloud out to all devices, or from devices as supported by software in the cloud.

Steve Ballmer

WorkFutureInnovationPerspective

When audiences come to see us authors lecture, it is largely in the hope that we'll be funnier to look at than to read.

Sinclair Lewis

HopeLookSeeUsComeThan

For me, the watershed was Hurricane Katrina. If that didn't get people out on the streets, then what will?

Claire Messud

PeopleMeWillOutStreetsGet

Part of my reason for 'Session 9' was to break out, to destroy the illusion of me as 'Mr. Romantic Comedy Guy.'

Brad Anderson

RomanticMeComedyIllusionReason

The battle between two men over a girl is the same as the fight for two men over a piece of land. It is all about desire. There is no difference between a love triangle and the conflict between Israel and Palestine.

Bruno Dumont

LoveGirlMenFightConflictBattle

I'll be the first to admit it: I love fluff. Whether it's watching 'America's Next Top Model' or listening to dance pop like Rihanna's 'Where Have You Been,' I like to keep it light and fun, especially during the spring and summer months.

Phoebe Robinson

LoveLightDanceFunSpringAmerica

I always wanted my stand-up to feel like not just a show, but like you're hanging out with someone for an hour. I like to just talk.

Pete Davidson

FeelSomeoneYouTalkAlwaysOut

Composers should write tunes that chauffeurs and errand boys can whistle.

Thomas Beecham

WriteWhistleShouldComposersTunes

Men live by intervals of reason under the sovereignty of humor and passion.

Thomas Browne

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