Erik Larson Quotes

I'd always been interested in maritime history, especially the great liners. I'd have done a book about the Titanic if it hadn't already been done to death by James Cameron and Celine Dion.

Erik Larson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: January 3, 1954

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You can't reinvent the wheel. I remember when we first started out at 'Late Night,' we were trying to hire directors, and this guy was like, 'I see you behind a glass desk.' I don't. And he's like, 'Yeah, the glass desk.' I go, 'I don't really see me as a glass desk guy.'

Jimmy Fallon

MeNightRememberTryingYouLate

I am the luckiest filmmaker I know.

Jodie Foster

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The power of makeup is incredible, but the power of you is cray cray.

Anna Akana

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You know, it's a wonderful thing. I have to say that some of the greatest actors I've ever worked with have been doing anime for years. It's not just because of the popularity, either.

Steven Blum

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I enjoy spending my spare time with my wife, our cat, and our bird.

Simon Helberg

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I have an underdog spirit in me, and now it feels weird to kind of get my own way more often than not.

Mindy Kaling

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You know how on movie sets there are specific chairs for each person? I hate that. We don't have names on our chairs. We have five chairs. Anyone can sit on them. I think the idea of names on chairs on a set is terrible. It's so dumb. So we got rid of that.

Jason Blum

HateThinkYouDumbPersonKnow

I could listen to Lorne Michaels tell stories for a hundred years.

Jon Hamm

ListenYearsTellStoriesCould

My peers say I have made a difference. That means more to me than winning an Oscar.

Conrad Hall

MeWinningSayMoreDifferenceMade

The studio is spending great amounts of money, and they want some insurance they will get money back. They go for the middle of the road, broad in appeal. It's restrictive. It's a constant struggle, but if you give in, you're just making cottage cheese, and that's the end of it.

Brian Helgeland

GreatMoneyStruggleRoadEndYou

I was hoping I could become a success to give my mother and my father a better way of living.

Bobby Womack

SuccessFatherMotherBetterLiving

You know a good board when you see one.

Anne M. Mulcahy

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