#eli

I believe in anything that will engage the audience and make the story more effective. ↗

— J. J. Abrams

#audience #believe #effective #engage #i

Stories in which the destruction of society occurs are explorations of social fears and issues that filmmakers, novelists, playwrights, painters have been examining for a long time. ↗

— J. J. Abrams

#destruction #examining #fears #filmmakers #issues

When I was a little kid - and even still - I loved magic tricks. When I saw how movies got made - at least had a glimpse when I went on the Universal Studios tour with my grandfather, I remember feeling like this was another means by which I could do magic. ↗

— J. J. Abrams

#could #even #feeling #glimpse #got

Whenever I've directed something, there's this feeling of demand and focus that I like. ↗

— J. J. Abrams

#directed #feeling #focus #i #like

I've had trouble now and again in Nigeria because I have spoken up about the mistreatment of factions in the country because of difference in religion. These are things we should put behind us. ↗

— Chinua Achebe

#again #because #behind #country #difference

I consider myself a non-denominational Christian. I grew up in a Bible church and still hold those beliefs very close to me. ↗

— Jensen Ackles

#bible #christian #church #close #consider

There are just certain things that turn my head. It may be a girl's sense of humor, it may be her wit, or her belief system; it could be a lot of different things. ↗

— Jensen Ackles

#certain #certain things #could #different #different things

One friend in a lifetime is much, two are many, three are hardly possible. Friendship needs a certain parallelism of life, a community of thought, a rivalry of aim. ↗

— Henry Adams

#certain #community #friend #friendship #hardly

I don't believe it. Prove it to me and I still won't believe it. ↗

— Douglas Adams

#i #me #prove #still #won

It just gets frustrating playing the girlfriend, It's just this awful feeling, sitting in your house, waiting for a script to come. I like to be more proactive. ↗

— Joey Lauren Adams

#come #feeling #frustrating #gets #girlfriend