“I believe our lives are important when we learn something and love. I really want to capture the meaning of experience.” Quote by Iris Smyles
“Seducing ourselves, our own self-delusions, the things we think we want but we really don't. Advertising in America is when we are sold our own dreams and desires.” ThinkingDreamDesireAdvertisingSeducing Author:Iris Smyles
“There are, as is known, insects that die in the moment of fertilization. So it is with all joy: life's highest, most splendid moment of enjoyment is accompanied by death.” MomentsJoyDiesKnownHighestEnjoymentInsectsSplendidFertilization Author:Soren Kierkegaard
“I think we live in a country where self-mythology or making up legends about your own life is something everyone does.” ThinkingCountryMaking Up Author:Iris Smyles
“It's so much healthier to acknowledge we're fluid and constantly in flux than to pretend to live in a universe where everything is fixed.” UniverseAcknowledge Author:Iris Smyles
“I remember that, before John Lennon died, everyone was saying that Rolling Stone couldn't do good reporting anymore. But when he died, they wrote this amazing issue, as they should have about Lennon. They did that when Elvis died, too.” RememberRolling Stones Author:Cameron Crowe
“I always loved movies, but I never thought I would presume to be a screenwriter and definitely not a director.” Author:Cameron Crowe
“Comedy really is my bread and butter, even when I'm doing a serious character, with the exception of Outcast. I have found very little humor in this character. Most of the time, what I do, somewhere there is comedy in it.” CharacterComedySeriousExceptionOutcast Author:Brent Spiner
“I think we always think of the camera - your eye, the first reveal. You know, you have to have that impact whether you walk into a house, you walk into a restaurant, you walk into a hotel; that first powerful impact establishing shot.” ThinkingEyeHousePowerfulHotel Author:Robin Standefer
“There's a real power in collaboration. I've found that in collaborating while making art, it takes you to a place that you wouldn't necessarily have the confidence to go on your own.” ArtRealCollaboration Author:Robin Standefer
“I think you have to be able to connect with your own creativity, your own vision, and then make it strong together. The experience is very different in private or in public. But I guess making things is such a big part of our reality.” ThinkingDifferentRealityTogetherStrongVisionCreativity Author:Robin Standefer