#ow

The ability to take pleasure in one's life is a skill and is a kind of intelligence. So intelligence is a hard thing to evaluate and it manifests itself in so many different ways. I do think the ability to know how to live a life and not be miserable is a sign of that. ↗

— Todd Solondz

#different #different ways #evaluate #hard #hard thing

When part of what you're trying to get at is the truth hidden under a taboo, or when you want to nail a hypocrisy, laughter is a very useful tool. I want to show the painful side of existence, but there is no question I also want to make people laugh. ↗

— Todd Solondz

#existence #get #hidden #hypocrisy #i

The doorstep to the temple of wisdom is a knowledge of our own ignorance. ↗

— Benjamin Franklin

#doorstep #ignorance #knowledge #our #own

I get less and less sleep these days, so when I have any down time all I want to do is sleep! ↗

— Shawn Johnson

#days #down #get #i #less

I admit there's an element of brutality in all my work - it's part of the truth about human existence I always want to explore - but the last thing I'm trying to do is put on some kind of freak show, inviting people to get off on other people's pain and humiliation. ↗

— Todd Solondz

#admit #always #brutality #element #existence

I mean, there are many other directors who are probably both more skilled and excited to adapt novels or work within certain genre conventions. I'd like to do that kind of work someday, but for better or worse I'm too drawn by my own material. ↗

— Todd Solondz

#better #both #certain #conventions #directors

People can't help how they look. ↗

— Todd Solondz

#how #look #people

The funny thing is, strangers still seem to feel comfortable coming up to me and saying things, but now usually it's because they recognize me, and they say nice things. ↗

— Todd Solondz

#comfortable #coming #feel #funny #funny thing

Well, so far, at least, my own ideas always take priority over those of other writers. As long as the well doesn't run dry, I imagine this will be the case. ↗

— Todd Solondz

#case #dry #far #i #ideas

When I want to show the kind of meanness people are capable of, to make it believable I find I have to tone it down. It's in real life that people are over the top. ↗

— Todd Solondz

#capable #down #find #i #kind