Alexander Payne Quotes

The novel succeeds on terms exclusive to literature. A good film succeeds on terms exclusive to the cinema. That's why so many bad novels can become good movies, like 'Jaws' or 'The Godfather.'

Alexander Payne

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GoodLiteratureBadCinemaMovies

It's interesting when people say, 'You always play strong women,' because as far as I'm concerned, women are strong. I think that's what women are. We have got that vulnerability, but we have got that strength. We are survivors.

Maxine Peake

StrengthWomenPeopleStrongThink

I'm a fast writer, and crime novels are easy to do. It's much harder to write a 1,000 word article, where everything has to be 100 per cent correct.

Stieg Larsson

EasyFastCrimeWriteEverything

Some of the most wonderful people are the ones who don't fit into boxes.

Tori Amos

PeopleWonderful PeopleWonderfulWho

The top athletes are consummate pros who work obsessively at their craft. Approach yours the same way.

Tom Peters

WorkWayCraftTopSameApproach

I'd love to serve my country. I would love it.

Rob Lowe

LoveCountryServeWould

To preach the Gospel requires that the preacher should believe that he is sent to those whom he is addressing at the moment, because God has among them those whom He is at the moment calling; it requires that the speaker should expect a response.

Roland Allen

GodMomentBelievePreachExpectHe

I was motivated to go into public life because of the great chasm that exists between justice and injustice in our country. Nowhere is that divide greater than in America's cities.

Martin O'Malley

LifeGreatJusticeAmericaInjustice

Sometimes, if you go to the same gyms, the fans catch on to that, and they start hanging out at the gyms. It becomes a little bit of a circus.

Seth Rollins

StartYouGoSometimesCircusOut

Learn what is true in order to do what is right.

Thomas Huxley

TruthLearnTrueRightOrder

From my first published paper in 1946, my obsession has been to objectify inner experiences, to demystify the software of human existence. How? By relating changes in external behavior, systematically and lawfully, to changes in the brain.

Timothy Leary

BrainBehaviorChangesSoftware

I've been fortunate enough to match up the material I'm producing with the right buyer, the company that will make it and that wants it, and that isn't saying yes to be nice, but is saying yes because they want and need that movie and it's going to be important on their slate.

Nina Jacobson

SayingEnoughBe NiceImportantNice

I think acting is my destiny. I did my first film when I was just eight. However, I never took that role seriously.

Nithya Menen

DestinyThinkActingSeriouslyNever

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