#now

I have no style. There are certain people who just have a visual sense that defines their work. You could probably watch 30 seconds of anything they do and you'll know exactly who directed it. I don't have that skill. ↗

— J. J. Abrams

#certain #could #defines #directed #exactly

When I was a kid, it was a huge insult to be a geek. Now it's a point of pride in a weird way. ↗

— J. J. Abrams

#huge #i #insult #kid #now

My mother is the coolest, most amazing person I know. ↗

— J. J. Abrams

#coolest #i #know #most #mother

People never know what they want, though everyone says they do. If they did, nobody would ever be surprised. ↗

— J. J. Abrams

#ever #everyone #know #never #nobody

The Internet now provides an immediate and very clear consensus of what it is that the audience is experiencing. It's something that you should never let lead you, and yet at the same time, you should never ignore it. ↗

— J. J. Abrams

#clear #consensus #experiencing #ignore #immediate

We live in an age of instant knowledge. And there's almost a sense of entitlement to that. ↗

— J. J. Abrams

#almost #entitlement #instant #knowledge #live

You know, we've got to this place, where you go to a movie for one particular surgical fix. So, it's like, I want the pulse-pounding action, or the insane falling-off-my-seat comedy, or the devastating, heart-breaking drama. ↗

— J. J. Abrams

#comedy #devastating #drama #fix #go

Once a novel gets going and I know it is viable, I don't then worry about plot or themes. These things will come in almost automatically because the characters are now pulling the story. ↗

— Chinua Achebe

#almost #automatically #because #characters #come

There's a backlash against womyn that's really bad right now. ↗

— Kathy Acker

#backlash #bad #now #really #right

Traveling around I don't think people are that horrible, I think they just don't know. ↗

— Kathy Acker

#horrible #i #i think #just #know