My father had this mythological sense of the old New York, and he used to tell me stories about these old gangs, particularly the Forty Thieves in the Fourth Ward. Martin Scorsese Read Quote
After I graduated from Brandeis, I took all the money I had in the world, which was $5,000, and I made a short film. I made every mistake you could possibly make. It was a total disaster as a piece of work, and yet, you know, it was ambitious in some way. Marshall Herskovitz Read Quote
Democratic government is difficult. It is much more difficult than populists claim. It’s not like running a business or a police force. It demands compromise. Gavin Esler Read Quote
Wong Kar-Wai is a really great inspiration. He’s always referred to as the Jimi Hendrix of filmmaking. Gus Van Sant Read Quote
I feel like people put pressure on me, and that makes me put pressure on myself, which isn’t needed. Christian Pulisic Read Quote
It’s about how to bring together the seemingly contradictory aspects of the memorial, which is about a tragedy and how it changed the world, but also about creating a vital and beautiful city of the 21st century. Daniel Libeskind Read Quote
There is some pleasure in doing a movie and problem solving on a specific movie and getting a movie made, but once they are done, we don’t look at them again, much less relate one to another. Ethan Coen Read Quote
It should be quite clear that it is possible for unpleasant people who are small in various ways other than in their artistic genius to produce great art. Art and morality have no necessary connection. Fred Kaplan Read Quote
Labels like ‘Chinese Science Fiction’ or ‘Western Science Fiction’ summarize a vast field of work, all of which are diverse and driven by individual authors, with individual concerns. Ken Liu Read Quote
