I made shorts films, learning the dos and don'ts. Most importantly, I've been editing all these short films. Nothing can teach you filmmaking like editing can.
Dhanush
LearningShortYouFilmmakingTeach
When child actors act well they're just reacting to situations, and they're acting very real because their life experience is so short; there's no history to fall back on.
Mariel Hemingway
LifeHistoryExperienceChildShort
The U.K. and almost all of Europe have erred in terms of believing that austerity, fiscal austerity in the short term, is the way to produce real growth. It is not. You've got to spend money.
Bill Gross
GrowthMoneyShortYouBelieving
The idea for 'Conversations with Friends' - two college students who befriend a married couple - struck me at first as a concept for a short story. I started to write it under the title 'Melissa,' and eventually, it got too long.
Sally Rooney
CollegeMeStoryShortFriendsLong
I understand that fans think short-term, and there's nothing wrong with that. You live or you die in the short term. But I believe in our system, and when you do that, you don't make knee-jerk decisions.
Rocky Wirtz
LiveBelieveThinkDecisionsShort
Short words are best and the old words when short are best of all.
Winston Churchill
BestWordsShortOld
Unfortunately, science cannot be reduced to short, catchy phrases. And if this is all that the general public can comprehend, it's no wonder that we spend so much of our time in the interminable debate about belief in God, or lack thereof.
Greg Graffin
GodScienceTimeShortWonder
When I'm working on a short story, I could duck into a bathroom at a crowded party and write a scene, which is to say I can work in a very incremental way.
Laura van den Berg
WorkStoryDuckShortI CanParty
Nineteen-eighty-two is a vintage of legendary proportions for all levels of the Bordeaux hierarchy. In short, it is a vintage which has produced the most perfect wines in the post-World War II era.
Robert M. Parker, Jr.
WarVintageShortPerfectHierarchy
When I was working with Tom Ford, he would just look at me and ask, 'Will you wear it?' I'd say, 'Ah, too long, too short, lower waist, deeper V, unbutton' - that sort of thing. I don't create clothes, but I definitely know how to make them come alive.
Carine Roitfeld
MeShortClothesLongYouLook
I got into stand-up because I love stand-up. Specifically in stand-up, I love jokes. I love short, structured ideas and a punch line.
Demetri Martin
LoveIdeasShortLineJokesPunch
Too often the word 'prayer' induces guilt because we don't do enough of it. After all, I've never met anyone who said they pray too much! All of us fall short. And we often feel like our prayers fall flat.
Mark Batterson
PrayerShortFeelEnoughGuiltFall
Baseball is a game of averages, but over a short period of time, to have a little luck going is not a bad thing.
Bill Buckner
TimeBaseballLuckGameShortBad
I'm not a writer. I think I can write short stories and poetry, but film writing, brilliant film writing, is a talent - you can't just do it like that.
Samantha Morton
TalentPoetryWritingThinkShort
I have had the most wonderful childhood, and I was raised in a very loving family. And it was nothing short of an amazing privilege because I was incredibly lucky to be able to play up in trees and make it like silly dens in a bush and stuff like that.
Rose Leslie
FamilyChildhoodAmazingTreesShort
I cut a rap song once. It was a few years ago for my old show 'Buck Commander,' and it was a song called 'You're Short.' It was about my camera guy. We shot the video in Las Vegas, 'Ocean's Eleven' style!
Willie Robertson
StyleOceanSongShortCameraVegas
Let us swell with gratitude and allow it to overwhelm us. It isn't as cliche as we make it; life truly is short. Let's spend it all lavishly wallowing in gratitude.
Grace Gealey
LifeGratitudeShortUsMakeAllow
You have to treat everybody the right way. Otherwise, you'll have a short life. God bless.
Jake LaMotta
LifeGodTreatShortYouWay
The failure to work out sensible budgets makes it impossible for government agencies to make long-term plans, and instead leaves them scrambling to spend money in the short term.
Matt Taibbi
WorkFailureMoneyGovernmentShort
If I ever had needed to put together a CV, it would be quite short. Like many young people, I'd highlight my desire to work hard.
Cameron Russell
WorkTogetherPeopleWork HardShort
Attention to any subject will in a short time render it attractive, be it ever so disagreeable and tedious at first.
Dorothea Dix
TimeShortAttentionWillFirst
I'd love to see more novels and short stories where the characters have their own folklore that isn't the Plot-Bearing Prophecy of Doom.
Marie Brennan
LoveShortMoreSeeOwnWhere
I guess I have a short attention span! I'm interested in new worlds, new universes, new challenges.
Alfonso Cuaron
ChallengesShortAttentionNewGuess
I've read science fiction my whole life. I never really dreamed that I'd be a published science fiction writer myself, but a short story I started years ago sort of demanded to be turned into a novel.
Ramez Naam
LifeScienceMyselfStoryShort
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