Quotes about "Leadership & Influence"

Real vision demands that we make tough choices. Real vision is responsible and it is paid for. ”

The President sends us a billion-page paper that shows how he would spend the money if he were spending the money. He doesn't have the authority to spend the money. He doesn't spend $1 of the money. ”

You just have to know what your responsibility is to the movie, and live up to that, and be considerate of the other actors in the scene... I have never been competitive in that way - I always want my leading ladies to be as good as they possibly can be. ”

People who've read my reviews know my tastes, know how I approach a book, know my background. I can write with believable authority. It doesn't mean I'm always right. ”

As writers we must, from our very opening sentence, speak with authority to our readers. ”

Writing a screenplay is so spare, it kind of reminded me that I really should celebrate what I can do in a book, which is description: for example, places, people, locations. ”

I would never suggest that the geography or visual environment of the film is more important than what's going on with the people, but it's a major factor in getting the right tone. Certainly, it influences the actors tremendously. ”

I think 'American Sniper' is anti-war. It demonstrates the agony of the decision-making that goes on. ”

Nothing ever comes out the way I hope it will. That first vision, that initial vision you have of a book, what it's going to be like when it's done, it begins to go wrong the second you start to write. ”

I was safe, due to my parents, but the Boys' Club was a massive influence. ”