I’m a filmmaker, but my working procedures are different. All my basic structuring is done during the filming. You know, how long I keep the shot, the exposure or the speed – slower or faster, etc. That’s structuring. And then there is a second stage of structuring that comes later when I begin to put those pieces together. Jonas Mekas Read Quote
As a person of color, I was trained from very early on to see ‘Leave It to Beaver,’ ‘Gilligan’s Island,’ or ‘Hamlet’ and look beyond the specifics of it – whether it be silly white people on an island or a family living in Nowheres or a Danish person – to leap past the specifics and find the human truths that have to do with me. George C. Wolfe Read Quote
Washington, D.C., is not a subtle city. Unlike the capitals of other once-great powers which, many hundreds of years old, present a more seamless meshing of monumental memory and daily life, D.C. is constructed to shout, ‘Here I am! I am powerful!’ to the world. Uzodinma Iweala Read Quote
I’m just really excited about my future and I’m really looking forward to taking challenges… and I just can’t wait to start. Yuna Read Quote
In a pure capitalist system, an institution as moronic and corrupt as Bank of America would be swiftly punished by the market – the executives would get to loot their own firms once, then they’d be looking for jobs again. Matt Taibbi Read Quote
I was an arts student. I did graphic design. Being an artist, I did a lot of paintings. I have always had that creative side to me. Gauri Khan Read Quote
When we were growing up, we listened to all sorts of music, but the first band that really grabbed all of us live was AFI. M. Shadows Read Quote
I actually went to study with the Ramapoughs in New York. I wanted to be able to see the mountains and the forest, be around the people. Jason Momoa Read Quote
I wish there was a season where I was playing and didn’t have no aches, no pains, no bruises, no nothing. Allen Iverson Read Quote
