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Duncan Jones Quotes

It's always nerve-racking, showing your parents things you've been working on.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: director
Nationality: english
Birth: May 30, 1971

Topics

Parents You Always Things Working

You realize as you get older that tomorrow is not guaranteed for anybody.

John McLaughlin

Tomorrow You Realize Get Older

I was very worried about my mother, growing up - a lot. I do not want my children to be worried about me.

Mother Children Me Growing Up Want

I'm drawn to stories about ordinary people who get tangled up in an extraordinary event or idea or emotion. I'm not saying I don't love films about super-people or super-doctors, but my preference is for stories about how we get through this life, what it is to be human, because I'm always struggling with it myself.

Life Love Myself People Saying Up

Be extremely subtle, even to the point of formlessness. Be extremely mysterious, even to the point of soundlessness. Thereby you can be the director of the opponent's fate.

Fate You Mysterious Director Point

Each day of the Obama presidency seems to bring a new, perversely delicious irony.

Day New Irony Bring Presidency Each

I really liked the idea of playing - I won't say the underdog - but characters who have a lot of conflict.

Conflict Underdog Say Playing Idea

It's not like you can say, 'This is the right side and this is the wrong side,' because obviously, a happy person is never going to want to inflict pain on somebody else. So the bullies are really victims themselves and yada, yada, yada, pop psychology, but it's true.

Pain Happy You Wrong Person True

Prior to the PATRIOT Act, the ability of government agencies to share information with each other was limited, which kept investigators from fully understanding what terrorists might be planning and to prevent their attacks.

Government Planning Understanding Act

When I was little I used to dance and model and that was fun. But I was always the person that was goofing off and I would memorize every line in every movie that I saw. And at recess that's what I would do, I would talk to my friends and recite movies.

Dance Fun Friends Person Movies

The mark of a writer is to make a story as likely as possible, and I've done my best to deliver authentic atmosphere.

Best Story Done Possible Atmosphere

I voted against H.R. 1119, which would weaken emissions standards for coal refuse power plants.

Power Plants Standards Against Would

I did gymnastics when I was a kid. I wasn't very good at it.

Good Kid Gymnastics Did Very

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