“There are so many similarities between a startup venture and a political campaign - the rhythm, the tempo, the hours, the intensity.” PoliticalHoursCampaignsRhythmIntensityVentureSimilarityTempoPolitical Campaign Author:Mike McCurry
“When I worked at the White House in the mid-1990s, I would not have dreamed of sharing my beliefs on faith with my colleagues.” HouseBeliefWhiteWhite HouseColleagues Author:Mike McCurry
“For me, and maybe for many religious kids of the '60s, the church lost relevance the more it became a surrogate in the movement for social and political change.” KidsPoliticalLostSocialChurchReligiousMovementRelevanceSurrogatesPolitical Change Author:Mike McCurry
“People ask 'How does doing a film compare to doing an ad?' Well, when you're doing a commercial you don't have to sell tickets. You have a captured audience. Which is actually completely rare and great; it gives you a lot of freedom. When you make a film, you have to do advertisements for the film.” PeopleGivingWellsDoeFilmAsksAudienceSellsCompareAdsTicketsCapturedAdvertisements Author:Mike Mills
“OK, so my parents were married in 1955 and my mom knew my dad was gay and my dad knew he was gay and so I was, like, 'Why in the heck did you get married?' Like, what was going on? What was that time? It's like this crazy paradox that my whole life is based on, or my family's based on. So I spent a lot of time trying to understand '55.” TryingWholeLife IsParentCrazyMomDadGayMarriedMy FamilyMy DadMy MomWhole LifeParadox Author:Mike Mills
“If you ask me, the place that a story happens is as equal character. It's almost like an ecological viewpoint: These people are living in this piece of land, and in this piece of land in this time this is possible. For me, I almost think location first. It's time first - what year is it - then where are we, and then who is in it.” PeopleIfsThinkingYearsFirstsCharacterStoriesHappensAsksPiecesLandEqualAsk MeLocationEcologicalViewpoints Author:Mike Mills
“There's some movies I watch, they're kind of like my anti-anxiety pill, my anti-depressant pill. I watch them at least once or twice a month probably. And I never stop learning from them as a filmmaker.” KindWatchesMonthsAnxietyFilmmakerPillsNever Stop LearningDepressants Author:Mike Mills
“My experience, with both my parents, is that grief has a lot of down, sad things, but I was also really emotionally raw, in the first year after each of them passed. Flowers smelled more intensely, my relationships were hotter, and I was more willing to risk. I was going for it a lot more. I was 'unsober' and I wasn't playing by my rules.” YearsFirstsParentGriefRiskWillingFlowerSad ThingsHotterGoing For It Author:Mike Mills
“Wine has been with civilized man from the beginning.” MenHas BeensWineCivilized Author:Robert Mondavi
“My wife taught me the importance of living well.” WellsEconomyWifeTaughtImportanceMy WifeLive Well Author:Robert Mondavi