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Terry Pratchett Quotes

Tolkien is eminently filmable, I think. 'The Lord of the Rings' is intensely... landscaped. But 'Discworld' is about dialogue, which is one reason why it might be hard to film.

Terry Pratchett

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: author
Nationality: english
Birth: April 28, 1948 - March 12, 2015

Topics

Think Why Hard Reason Dialogue Film

I got the 'Max Rose' script, and I fell in love with it. It just hit me. It was something that needed to be made.

Jerry Lewis

Love Me Rose Something Just Made

I think it's a very old and deep-seated double standard that holds that when a man writes about family and feelings, it's literature with a capital L, but when a woman considers the same topics, it's romance, or a beach book - in short, it's something unworthy of a serious critic's attention.

Jennifer Weiner

Family Beach Woman Man Book Think

CNN canceled all the shows I was on. They're going in a different direction, but that's their privilege. They own the business.

Robert Novak

Business Direction Privilege Own CNN

Man is not the sum of what he has already, but rather the sum of what he does not yet have, of what he could have.

Jean-Paul Sartre

Man Rather He Sum Could Does

I have survivor skills. Some of that is superficial - what I present to people outwardly - but what makes people resilient is the ability to find humour and irony in situations that would otherwise overpower you.

Amy Tan

People Present You Find Skills

I certainly could've made a lot more money buying cheap ingredients, and people might not have been able to tell the difference. That was never a part of the calculus. It was not part of my DNA.

Steve Ells

Money People DNA More Never Cheap

Confidence in golf means being able to concentrate on the problem at hand with no outside interference.

Tom Watson

Confidence Golf Problem Hand Outside

The best way not to encounter America's health care system is not to have to encounter it.

Don Lemon

Health Best Care America Way System

I learned so much about being an actor by being a director. More than I ever thought I would.

Chris Lowell

Thought Actor More Director Being

My existence is fuller of other people's experiences than my own. If they cut open my brain, these are what I would retain most.

David Tang

People Brain My Own Open Existence

Strike and struggle precede success, even in the dictionary.

Christian Slater

Success Struggle Strike Dictionary

If you asked me what my dream would be - obviously, 'NCIS' is a dream to me - I'd like to be on a period show.

Cote de Pablo

Me You Dream Show Would Like