Quotes about "Contemporary Issues"

I am ambitious and passionate and that in itself is drive. My work gives me happiness. ”

I do realise I need to expand my social circle so I can meet more people. ”

Each book, intuitively sensed and, in the case of fiction, intuitively worked out, stands on what has gone before, and grows out of it. I feel that at any stage of my literary career it could have been said that the last book contained all the others. ”

If a man begins writing at thirty, by the time he is fifty or sixty, the bulk of his work has been done. By the time he is eighty, he's got nothing more, you know? ”

I've heard of nothing coming from nothing, but I've never heard of absolutely nothing coming from hard work. ”

I love ensemble work. I love making pieces and building things together. ”

You think the only thing looking at you is this steel thing, but behind the camera is this living, breathing person operating the camera whose job it is to watch you. ”

I left my home in Massachusetts after college to move to New York City to pursue my dreams of acting. I took roles for free. I waited tables. I didn't care because it was work. ”

I tramped. When I was on the freight trains, I wasn't looking for work. I was looking to go from place to place without paying any money. ”

My idea of artistry has always been 'try everything until you find out what works.' ”