Paul Schrader Quotes

'Taxi Driver' wasn't autobiographical in terms of the actual events, but I did draw on my own mental state.

Paul Schrader

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I had to learn everything about manufacturing, patents and how to run a business, and eventually I came up with an prototype that worked.

Melissa George

BusinessLearnRunManufacturingUp

I look at all my projects as a stair step to the next. My goal is to always get better and better.

Andrae Crouch

StepBetterLookGoalAlwaysNext

I think that was the whole idea behind doing the solo record was to be able to do musically whatever I wanted to do.

Slash

ThinkDoingMusicallyWhateverSolo

People try to put ownership on things: 'That's mine, that's my joke.' No such thing. Like if you tripped or stumbled and people go, 'Oh, that's Charlie Chaplin.' You know what I mean? You can't own a joke. You can be the guy that tells it the best, but you can't own a joke. Nowhere can you own a laugh.

Tommy Chong

BestPeopleLaughOwnershipYouGo

I went to the London School of Economics to study sociology and psychology on a serviceman's grant.

Ron Moody

SchoolEconomicsSociologyLondon

I'm not opposed to auditioning. I love auditioning. It's one of my favorite things.

Judy Greer

LoveThingsFavorite ThingsFavorite

I must've got whacked on the head. He presented a totally false person for me to fall in love with.

Christie Brinkley

LoveMeFallPersonHeadFalse

I'm a right pain in the hole for my agent. I won't take certain parts if I think they're offensive or banal. For instance, I won't do a film if I think it's full of violence for violence's sake, or a television drama if I don't think it's intelligent writing.

Anne-Marie Duff

PainWritingThinkViolenceDrama

It is in literature that the concrete outlook of humanity receives its expression.

Alfred North Whitehead

LiteratureHumanityConcreteOutlook

The No 10 shirt? Yes, I understand what it means in Brazil. The icon number. Yes, it's important. It is the number given to a creative player, and I am happy to have that responsibility, but it is not your shirt number that defines you: it is what you do with a football.

Philippe Coutinho

ResponsibilityFootballCreativeI Am

When you're working on a play like 'Sloane,' that play works; you don't have to worry about that. When you're working on a new play like 'Little Dog,' you have no clue if the play works. You're exploring.

Scott Ellis

DogWorryYouPlayNewExploring

Ends and purposes, whether they exist as conscious or subconscious tendencies, form the wrap and woof of our conscious experience.

Muhammad Iqbal

ExperienceExistSubconsciousOur

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