“I mean, there are many other directors who are probably both more skilled and excited to adapt novels or work within certain genre conventions. I'd like to do that kind of work someday, but for better or worse I'm too drawn by my own material.” KindMeanCertainMy OwnNovelMaterialsDirectorsExcitedGenreSomedayConventions Author:Todd Solondz
“I'm working in a form of cinema that can be described, and has been described, as a diaristic form of cinema. In other words, with material from my own life. I walk through life with my camera, and occasionally I film. I never think about scripts, never think about films, making films.” ThinkingHas BeensFilmFormMy OwnWalksMaterialsCamerasScriptsCinemaMy Own Life Author:Jonas Mekas
“I'm my own writer. My material means I'm entirely separate.” MeanMy OwnMaterialsIndividuality Author:V. S. Naipaul
“I've been essentially not only deconstructing and reconstructing the material to make it suitable for the performance, but I've gone back and found some older material that's appropriate for the show and I've re-recorded that as well in kind of a newer format. So I've been pretty much focused on my own thing.” WellsKindShowsFoundMy OwnGoneMaterialsPerformancesFocusedAppropriateSuitableFormatReconstructing Author:Todd Rundgren
“It was always exciting, but it was also always dangerous. And fear takes a toll finally: when you live in danger from moment to moment, the constant tension becomes very wearying. Every step I took on the roads of Gelderland was nerve-wracking, because I was secretly carrying the very material that could turn out to be my own death warrant.” MomentsTurnsMy OwnStepsDangerousDangerMaterialsExcitingConstantTensionNervesEvery StepTollsWarrants Author:Diet Eman
“I do make my own brushes and have done so for many years. I'm constantly refining the designs, trying new materials, re-configuring other brushes - all in my never-ending quest for the perfect brush.” TryingYearsDoneMy OwnPerfectDesignMaterialsQuestsBrushesNever EndingRefining Author:James Nares
“We do not belong to this material world that science constructs for us. We are not in it; we are outside. We are only spectators. The reason why we believe that we are in it, that we belong to the picture, is that our bodies are in the picture. Our bodies belong to it. Not only my own body, but those of my friends, also of my dog and cat and horse, and of all the other people and animals. And this is my only means of communicating with them.” PeopleWorldBelieveMeanReasonBodyMy OwnAnimalDogMaterialsMy FriendsCatHorseCommunicateReason WhyConstructsMy DogSpectatorsMaterial WorldCat And Dog Author:Erwin Schrodinger
“I do have a sense of fear every day going to work, but I think it's something that I like. I mean I do like the feeling of waking up on my own, having this moment of like: "Oh, f**k, I hope I can do this today!" Because it makes you realise that you're working with material or you're working with a director or you're working with a cast and they're keeping you on your toes.” ThinkingMeanI CanMomentsFeelingsTodayCan DoMy OwnMaterialsDirectorsWake UpCastsRealisingWakingToesGoing To WorkI Can Do This Author:Charlize Theron
“An incipient Mother Man has always inhabited my deeper self; creativity has always been my companion ... I have tried to express myself in a very definite style but by means of all kinds of materials and formats. I wish to discover how my own creativity unfolds under different circumstances... Naples is a dilemma that fatally elicits an oneiric interpretation and I love it and feel grateful because it has nurtured my fantasy.” MenFeelsKindMeanDifferentSelfMotherWishMy OwnCreativityFantasyStyleMaterialsCircumstancesGratefulDeeperAll KindsCompanionInterpretationDefiniteDilemmaFormatNaples Author:Augusto De Luca
“I was in my late thirties and decided my intention in life had nothing to do with the acquiring of material things, but rather it was now my intention to experience the evolution of my own soul and to grow spiritually. I wanted to come to know the highest truths of life and to express those truths in action, through myself. I wanted to become the grandest version of the greatest idea I ever held about who I am in regards to my relationship with God.” KnowsIdeasSoulActionWantedGrowsMy OwnMaterialsEvolutionLateHighestDecidedRegardIntentionWho I AmVersionsTruth Of LifeRelationship With GodMaterial Things Author:Neale Donald Walsch
“Every time I get something under control in my own life, the world provides more material.” WorldMy OwnMaterialsMy Own LifeFunny Life Author:Cathy Guisewite
“All I wanted was to live a life where I could be me, and be okay with that. I had no need for material possessions, money or even close friends with me on my journey. I never understood people very well anyway, and they never seemed to understand me very well either. All I wanted was my art and the chance to be the creator of my own world, my own reality. I wanted the open road and new beginnings every day.” PeopleWorldNeedsWellsArtRealityWantedChanceMy OwnJourneyMaterialsUnderstoodOkayCreatorPossessionNew BeginningsClose FriendsUnderstand MeMy JourneyMaterial PossessionsMy Own WorldOpen Road Author:Charlotte Erickson
“I never get sick of writing my own stories because there's a certain comfort in knowing you will never run out of material. It's relaxing, actually, to write.” WritingStoriesRunningCertainMy OwnKnowingMaterialsComfortSick Author:Augusten Burroughs
“When I'm reading for my own pleasure, I read things other than history or archival material. I read a lot of fiction. I'm very fond of mysteries.” ReadingMy OwnPleasureFictionMysteryMaterials Author:David McCullough