Quote by Joan Didion
Before Id written movies, I never could do big set-piece scenes wi

Before Id written movies, I never could do big set-piece scenes with a lot of different speakers – when youve got twelve people around a dinner table talking at cross purposes. I had always been impressed by other peoples ability to do that. – Joan Didion

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The fancy that extraterrestrial life is by definition of a higher order than our own is one that soothes all children, and many writers. – Joan Didion

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Strength is one of those things youre supposed to have. You dont feel that you have it at the time youre going through it. – Joan Didion

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My interest in film is sort of catholic – apart from science fiction and horror movies, Ill watch almost everything. – James Dyson

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A lot of times, were just sold these movies that are really cynically conceived and marketed, and they just want you there opening weekend, before everybody finds out its not so good. – Josh Radnor

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Im a filmmaker and Im proud of the movies Ive made. But in the background of my life I was also very involved in the creation of the sport. – Joel Silver

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For me, relationships are the real action movies. Bombs are exploding every day and the kitchen is Ground Zero. – Michelle Williams

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