“What is the difference between a celebrity and a not so celebrity? It's probably just one film.” Quote by Juliet Asante
“Good filmmakers actually are people who have lived life, who have something to say, who have stories to tell. People who fall, perhaps make a bad film, pick themselves up and go on to make another one. What strength people exhibit.” PeopleStoriesFilmFallGoes OnPicksFilmmakerExhibits Author:Juliet Asante
“The script in many ways is limiting and novel is liberating. You get to go into the heads of your characters and their background and have fun with them; something you are discouraged from doing with a script. With the novel, I can tell you what the characters are thinking, I can tell you their view of the world, background information, things I wouldn't dare touch in the script.” ThinkingWorldWayI CanCharacterFunViewsNovelInformationScriptsDareBackgroundsHaving FunDiscouragedLiberating Author:Juliet Asante
“I believe myself to be an artist. That was my calling, to do my work, and what's most important to me is to do the best work I possibly can. And that is what means the most, that is what will endure.” BelieveMeanImportantArtistI BelieveCallingEndureDo The BestBest Work Author:Patti Smith
“One thing I like about getting older is things, your spectrum widens, your capacity for compassion widens.” CompassionOne ThingCapacityGetting OldGetting OlderSpectrum Author:Patti Smith
“I think really that's just the basic Christian lesson that sometimes takes us years and years to understand - have equal concern for another human being as you have for yourself or perhaps even more concern for another human being than you have for yourself.” ThinkingYearsHumansSometimesChristianHuman BeingsLessonsEqualConcern Author:Patti Smith
“I always hope that young people will think for themselves and also most importantly, understand that they should judge themselves on their own merit, their good deeds, however simple, to not judge themselves by what they have materially, by what other people think of them, through social media.” PeopleThinkingShouldYoungSocialSimpleMediaJudgingDeedsSocial MediaMeritGood Deeds Author:Patti Smith
“I really feel concerned about young people within our present culture. Our present culture, we have to change. Change is inevitable and I wasn't raised in our present culture but it has great pressure that as a young person I never had. Material pressure, social pressure, visual pressure, how you look, and I just try to appeal to young people to think for themselves, to be their own person, and to ask questions and also be very attentive to our planet and our environment.” PeopleThinkingFeelsTryingLooksPersonsYoungCultureAsksSocialEnvironmentPlanetsMaterialsConcernedPressureRaisedAppealsInevitableVisualsOur PlanetOur EnvironmentSocial PressureChange Is Inevitable Author:Patti Smith
“Put down your cell phones, put everything away, and feel your blood pulsing in you, feel your creative impulse, feel your own spirit, your heart, your mind. Feel the joy of being alive and free.” FeelsMindHeartJoySpiritCreativeAliveBloodPhonesCellsImpulseCell Phone Author:Patti Smith
“I don't think I could have dreamt it up any better than how things went, of being at my peak at just the right time, and have everything go my way.” ThinkingWayMy WayRight Time Author:Rickey Henderson
“I patterned myself after Reggie Jackson. I wanted to have that same swing and hit some homeruns. When I was down in A-ball, I was trying to be Reggie Jackson and I was striking out all the time. And I was like, 'This isn't the way Reggie is doing it, so I got to change.'” WayTryingWantedBallsSwingsStriking Out Author:Rickey Henderson