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Richard Corliss Quotes

In 'The Birth of a Nation,' Griffith made audiences see the Civil War through his eyes - the eyes of the son of a colonel in the Army of the Confederacy.

Richard Corliss

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: writer
Nationality: american
Birth: March 6, 1944 - April 23, 2015

Topics

Son Eyes War Army Birth See

The worst mistake anyone can make is to perceive anyone else as lesser. The deeper you look into other souls - and writing is primarily an exercise in doing just that - the clearer people's inherent dignity becomes.

Andrew Solomon

Mistake People Writing Doing Look

I actually have my first iPhone deformity because it sits on my pinky, and now my bone actually dips in where my cellphone sits.

Torrey DeVitto

Now First iPhone Bone Where Because

What is interesting to me about Vikings is that they were failed farmers.

Roger Avary

Me Interesting Farmers Failed About

'Boardwalk' begins literally on the first day of Prohibition, which I think was a wonderful way to start - to have the story kind of come out of this massive historical phenomenon. And the more I researched the '20s, the more I discovered just how interesting it was.

Michael Pitt

Day Start Story Think Interesting

Marvin Gaye, I'm super influenced by him. D'Angelo, Donny Hathaway. All the old school cats. New people, I like M83. I like Coldplay. I love Frank Ocean. Miguel. I get inspired by all these cats. People don't know that me and Frank Ocean went to high school together.

Luke James

Love Cats Together Ocean School Me

We call them impact songs, and people buy impact songs. But you just never know what those songs are going to be. One of those songs that really went through the roof for us was 'Big Green Tractor,' which I thought was kind of a fun little ditty song that I never in a million years thought would be as big as it was. But it was.

Jason Aldean

Fun People Green Song Thought You

Self-help books are for the birds. Self-help groups are where it's at.

Janice Dickinson

Birds Where Books Self-Help Groups

We cannot leave vulnerable young men open to the exploitation of extremists, both for our own security and their own wellbeing.

Deeyah Khan

Men Security Young Open Leave Own

We're all humans; we all go through phases.

Daya

Go Through Phases Humans

For a writer, and particularly a writer of my genre, which is the fantastical, I think that it's to my advantage to feel remote from and disconnected from the world of deal making.

Clive Barker

World Think Feel Advantage Deal

There is no such thing as a wrong note.

Art Tatum

Wrong Note Thing

My anxiety stems from my lack of control no matter what.

SZA

Control Anxiety Matter Lack Stems