“No matter what we've done, no matter the disappointments and sullied blunders, today is the opportunity to do right by ourselves.” MatterDoneTodayOpportunityNo Matter WhatDisappointmentBlunders Author:Joshua Mohr
“For me, the social thriller is the thriller in which the fears, the horrors, and the thrills are coming from society. They're coming from the way humans interact.” WayHumansSocialHorrorThrillers Author:Jordan Peele
“I think that human beings are the most awful monster we have ever seen.” ThinkingHumansHuman BeingsMonstersAwful Author:Jordan Peele
“I don't think that humans are, in our nature, we're evil or anything like that. But I do think there's a demon in our DNA, in our tribal subconscious that affects the way we work and we operate as a group.” ThinkingWayHumansEvilGroupsDemonSubconsciousDna Author:Jordan Peele
“If it's comedy, you taken an absurd comedic notion and you apply it to reality. If it's horror, if it's a thriller, you do the same thing.” IfsRealityTakenComedyHorrorNotionAbsurdThrillersComedic Author:Jordan Peele
“I used to write in bed, starting when I woke up. I believe that creative work comes from our subconscious mind, so I try to keep the gap between sleep and writing as minimal as possible.” WritingTryingMindBelieveUsedI BelieveSleepCreativeBedStartingGapsSubconsciousCreative WorkSubconscious Mind Author:Marian Keyes
“I look at racism as one of the social demons. And, in its worst, it's violent and it's a systemic commitment to oppression.” LooksSocialWorstRacismCommitmentViolentOppressionDemon Author:Jordan Peele
“My mum was a dinner lady and a cleaner while dad worked night shifts as a hydraulic engineer. They did not have a lot of spare cash and only ever bought what they could afford. We never had a car and cycled everywhere. We never went to restaurants. I did not know what Chinese food tasted like until I was 15.” KnowsNightCarDadDinnerChineseRestaurantsCashEngineersMumSparesCleanersChinese FoodNight Shift Author:Kate Thornton
“At 16, I got a part-time job selling double-glazing door to door. That was soul destroying but the worst part-time job I did was at university working on reception in a sexually transmitted disease clinic. Because no one else wanted to do it, they paid £8 an hour.” SoulWantedJobsHoursDoorsWorstDiseasePaidUniversitySellingDestroyingSexuallyReceptionClinicPart TimePart Time JobsSexually Transmitted Diseases Author:Kate Thornton
“I never got into debt because my parents had drummed into me at a young age: if you can't afford it, you can't have it.” IfsAgeYoungParentDebtYoung Age Author:Kate Thornton