Mark Duplass Quotes

George Saunders is the funniest. He makes me laugh in the way I want to laugh - with so much empathy and deep understanding of people. He illuminates things and people I've never thought about - and I've dedicated my life to the study of people and their idiosyncrasies. He is light years ahead.

Mark Duplass

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Topics

LifeLightEmpathyPeopleMeDeep

My father raised me to build computers, hardware. Literally, as an 8 year old, I had a soldering iron and circuit boards, and this was in neighbourhoods that wouldn't have a whole lot of money or anything. And I figured out ways to just hustle.

Jidenna

FatherMoneyMeComputersYearOut

We got a copy of the 'New Statesman' at my grammar school in Wigton, Cumbria, in the 1950s. It sat mint fresh every week on the library table, with two or three other bargain-offer magazines. The 'Statesman' came out of the unimaginable Great World. I started to read it then and have pegged along ever since.

Melvyn Bragg

GreatSchoolWorldLibraryWeekNew

The best answer and the best way forward to young women out there who want to get ahead is work your tail off. Work harder than everybody. Be better than everybody else. Do better. Try harder.

Megyn Kelly

WorkWomenBestForwardBetterWant

I believe the most intricate plot won't matter much to readers if they don't care about the characters, especially in a series. So I try to focus hard on making each character, whether villain or hero, have an interesting flaw that readers can relate to.

Jeff Abbott

CharacterHeroFocusVillainBelieve

My father made me take three years of Latin in high school.

Robert David Hall

FatherSchoolMeHigh SchoolThree

I really think one of the most extraordinary things in the world is the amount of noise a child can make.

Joseph Pulitzer

ChildWorldThinkExtraordinaryMost

I play trumpet. And I took all the music courses in college, so I can also play the string instruments, keyboard, the brass and woodwinds - but only well enough to teach them. If you put a violin in front of me, you wouldn't say, 'My God, that guy can play.' It'd probably sound more like Jack Benny.

Jon Tester

MusicGodCollegeMeEnoughYou

There is more excitement, more amazement when a first is born. No subsequent babies can have that impact.

Deborah Tannen

ImpactBornExcitementMoreFirst

I work pretty quickly. I'd probably draw somebody once or twice in pencil, then just go to ink. Not really care too much about it, and it just kind of worked out.

Box Brown

WorkCareToo MuchGoKindPencil

I just know that I love football,and when I'm on the pitch, I want to win.

Arjen Robben

LoveWinKnowWantJustI Love

You look at the road you could have taken, you know, I just think that's interesting... I've been on a lot of roads and I had to hitchhike on a couple of 'em... I have to be very honest: There's not an awful lot of regret in my life. I think that, you know, you learn from everything, and then, sometimes, you don't.

Polly Bergen

LifeRoadsRoadRegretThinkLearn

Normally as a director, you do look at other films and things that are relevant. But with this film, it became impossible because I became so aware of the camera placement.

Peter Weir

ImpossibleCameraYouLookDirector

Copyright © 2024 QuotesDict Quote by Mark Duplass