#idea

Before there was any talk of a movie, people would sometimes ask me what actors I would imagine playing these characters. And the only thing I could ever say is: I have such a clear idea of these characters that they'd have to play themselves. ↗

— Michael Cunningham

#ask #before #characters #clear #clear idea

When you try to communicate too many ideas, sometimes you wind up communicating nothing. ↗

— Andrew Cuomo

#communicating #ideas #many #nothing #sometimes

Be less curious about people and more curious about ideas. ↗

— Marie Curie

#curious #ideas #less #more #people

A writer of fiction lives in fear. Each new day demands new ideas and he can never be sure whether he is going to come up with them or not. ↗

— Roald Dahl

#day #demands #each #fear #fiction

Painting is a nail to which I fasten my ideas. ↗

— Georges Braque

#i #ideas #nail #painting #which

You lie awake at 3 in the morning thinking of story ideas. You're online at 8 a.m. on a Sunday or midnight on a Wednesday. It's a job that you never push aside. ↗

— James Daly

#awake #ideas #job #lie #midnight

I don't card out my screenplays ever. I just have an idea I just sit down and write I don't edit. ↗

— Nia Vardalos

#down #edit #ever #i #idea

When I was in college, I was the editor of the literary magazine and insisted neither the editors nor the writers be specifically identified-only our student numbers appeared on the title page. I love that idea and still do. ↗

— Jonathan Carroll

#college #editor #editors #i #i love

I couldn't do any of my other characters, you know? But I could have done the lady. Church Lady's Malibu Beach party is an idea I have for a movie, too. Yes. ↗

— Dana Carvey

#beach #characters #church #could #done

We didn't even think about it, you know? I used to collect laser discs, and you'd have some college professor analyzing It's a Wonderful Life or Citizen Kane, and now it is pretty funny - the idea of commentary for a silly kid's movie, you know? ↗

— Dana Carvey

#analyzing #citizen #citizen kane #collect #college