Wes Craven Quotes

In the '60s, I was teaching humanities at a college in upstate New York and trying to publish a novel I'd written in graduate school. But nothing was happening. So I moved to New York City and got a job as a messenger at a place that made movies.

Wes Craven

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: director
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: August 2, 1939 - August 30, 2015

Topics

JobSchoolNew YorkCityCollege

I was doing economic development for minorities. I was getting black folks to use their dollars to help each other.

Jim Brown

BlackDoingHelpDevelopmentUse

Non-profits should be looking to enlist and retain the best people to aggressively solve problems, not to perform adequately and persist. We should expect people to innovate and do the highest-quality work and then reward them accordingly.

Andrew Yang

WorkBestPeopleLookingProblems

The first posh meal out I had was on my 10th birthday.

Maxine Peake

BirthdayFirstOutMealPoshHad

Performing doesn't come that naturally to me, even though I've done it for years.

Robert Smith

MeDoneYearsComePerformingEven

You must be afraid, my son. That is how one becomes an honest citizen.

Jean-Paul Sartre

SonYouCitizenAfraidHonestMust

I felt ashamed of being different and ashamed of feeling that way.

Amy Tan

Being DifferentFeelingWayAshamed

It takes a great deal of character strength to apologize quickly out of one's heart rather than out of pity. A person must possess himself and have a deep sense of security in fundamental principles and values in order to genuinely apologize.

Stephen Covey

StrengthCharacterHeartGreatDeep

The stitch of a book is its words.

Rumer Godden

WordsBookStitch

My first large-scale community development opportunity was the formation of the Mission Viejo Co. - a partnership with the O'Neill Family, who owned Rancho Mission Viejo. As the young president of the company, I had the responsibility for master planning, master building and implementing the new community's development plans.

Donald Bren

FamilyOpportunityCommunityBuilding

I spent a weekend in the White House with President Clinton, back in '99, I guess. We played golf and just hung out and talked on many subjects. I saw him several times subsequently in L.A. He's the smartest man I ever met, a great politician. Everybody was star struck around him.

Dennis Quaid

GreatManGolfWeekendBackHouse

The difference between tax avoidance and tax evasion is the thickness of a prison wall.

Denis Healey

PrisonWallTaxDifferenceBetween

I'm paving the road for other women and men who know they're destined for greatness, but they don't believe it yet.

Chrissy Metz

WomenMenGreatnessRoadBelieve

Copyright © 2024 QuotesDict Quote by Wes Craven