“Sundance is a really special place. They're very protective of movies, especially lower-budget movies.” Quote by Marc Webb
“I always try to take projects I'm genuinely interested and passionate about versus just trying to take projects for the money.” TryingProjectsPassionateVersus Author:Michael Dougherty
“I'm interested in genius the way a hungry man is interested in Philadelphia cheesesteaks. I want something. I want a piece of it.” MenWayWantPiecesGeniusHungryWant SomethingPhiladelphiaHungry Man Author:Eric Weiner
“Nothing doth more hurt in a state than that cunning men pass for wise.” MenWarStatesPeaceHurtWiseIntegrityPatrioticAnti WarAntiwarCunningHurt FeelingsCunning Man Author:Francis Bacon
“I've always been a big believer in the power of place. I believe that where we are affects who we are when it comes to happiness, spirituality, economics and creative genius.” BelieveBigsSpiritualityI BelieveCreativeGeniusEconomicsBelieverWho We AreCreative Genius Author:Eric Weiner
“Genius is not only a what or a who, it is a where. It is grounded in a place every single time.” GeniusGrounded Author:Eric Weiner
“You look around the world at geniuses, and they don't appear randomly, they appear in genius clusters. Athens in 50 BC, Florence 1500, Silicon Valley today. This is not a coincidence.” WorldLooksTodayGeniusAround The WorldValleysCoincidenceSiliconSilicon ValleyAthensFlorenceClusters Author:Eric Weiner
“The coffee shop played a big role in Vienna of 1900. Rents were sky high, housing was difficult to come by, your apartment probably wasn't heated, and so you went to the coffee shop. You went to the coffee shop because it was warm, because it was great Viennese coffee, and you went for the conversation and the company.” BigsDifficultCompanyRolesSkyConversationWarmCoffeeShopsApartmentHousingViennaCoffee ShopSky High Author:Eric Weiner
“I would love to think there is a direct relationship between coffee and genius, but they've done studies, and if anything, caffeine probably makes you a little less creative.” IfsThinkingLittlesDoneCreativeStudyGeniusDirectCoffeeCaffeine Author:Eric Weiner
“When you drink coffee, you become very focused, and in fact, the key to creative genius is to be defocused.” FactsCreativeKeysGeniusDrinkFocusedCoffeeCreative Genius Author:Eric Weiner
“Psychologists call it "defocused attention," where you broaden your horizons, let your mind float and drift a bit. Coffee keeps us sharp and alert. It's great if you're driving at 3 o'clock in the morning. It's not so great if you're trying to come up with the next violin concerto.” IfsTryingMindNextBitsAttentionMorningCome UpCoffeeDrivingClockHorizonFloatsPsychologistViolin Author:Eric Weiner
