“They're not gong to give Hateful Eight its credit now, they'll give it its credit later. Hateful Eight was too long. I think we've indulged Quentin [Tarantino] so much with his monologues. Quentin has this very strong cult following around him and his projects, and people are always expecting so much from him.” PeopleThinkingGivingLongStrongProjectsFollowingEightCreditVery StrongExpectingCultHatefulMonologuesQuentinTarantinoGongs Author:Bun B
“In the beginning this was just an idea. Then it was a short story. Then it was a script. Each step was pretty exciting to see people come on board to support the project. It's gratifying to know that more people are seeing my work in this form than my work as a playwright. And it's been fun to hear people's response to seeing it. I've been having some deep conversations with strangers and friends about how much it has made them think about slavery and its impact today.” PeopleThinkingKnowsMadeIdeasStoriesTodayFormFunStepsSupportSeeingConversationProjectsExcitingSlaveryImpactResponseScriptsStrangerBoardsShort StoryPlaywrightStrangers And Friends Author:Steven C. Harper
“I respect BMW for not interfering in these projects. They're just trying to support short films with their brand, which I think is great.” ThinkingTryingFilmSupportProjectsBrandsInterfereShort FilmsBmw Author:Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
“While I do not agree with all of the claims made by experimental philosophers, especially those who seem to think xphi will somehow replace the rest of philosophy, I think xphi projects are interesting and important, I love Josh Knobe's work, and that these projects contribute something new and worthwhile to the philosophical conversation.” ThinkingMadeImportantPhilosophySeemsInterestingConversationProjectsClaimsPhilosophicalAgreePhilosopherSomething NewWorthwhileJosh Author:L.A. Paul
“I think religious freedom is part of the U.S.'s policy and Congress mandated the creation of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom. So it is important that the U.S. focus in dialogue, development projects, cooperation with Pakistan and other countries to give more importance to religious freedom issues.” ThinkingGivingImportantCountryReligiousIssuesFocusPolicyCreationDevelopmentProjectsImportanceInternationalCongressDialogueCooperationOther CountriesPakistanReligious Freedom Author:Shahbaz Bhatti
“I have a broad view that we have to try and get to "yes" on projects. On economic projects anybody can say no. My child can say no. But I think the hard thing to do is to figure out how you get to "yes" and you protect the environment.” ThinkingTryingChildrenHardViewsEnvironmentEconomicFiguresProtectProjectsMy ChildrenThings To DoBroadsHard ThingsProtect The Environment Author:Christy Clark
“I think about all these influences and musical cultures, then the opinion of the audience is of course important, but when I'm working on an album or a new project, I'm not all the time thinking about what the audience will think about it.” ThinkingImportantCultureCoursesOpinionAudienceInfluenceProjectsMusicalAlbumsNew Projects Author:Rokia Traore
“I like to have a project. I live to have something to waste my energy on, something to think about. To figure out like a puzzle.” ThinkingEnergyFiguresWasteProjectsPuzzles Author:Kelly Reichardt
“I think the way design was practiced for most of the 20th century was very declarative. A designer came up with a solution for a project and put it in place and shipped the solution and it landed in a reader or a customer's hands as a brochure. They would see it as a poster, or as a piece of signage. And that was sort of it. That was the end of it. I think Internet technology has really upended that whole equation because in some ways a designer's work is never really done online.” ThinkingWayEndsDoneWholeHandsTechnologyPiecesCenturyDesignReaderInternetProjectsSolutionsCustomersDesignerOnline20th CenturyEquationsPostersInternet TechnologyBrochures Author:Khoi Vinh
“I think I have patient fans that want quality over quantity. It's more important to me that the project be the best that it can be and the realest it can be rather than rushing a whole bunch of generic songs, because I could do that. I could just put together some songs real quick that I really like. I only write and I only sing for a purpose, so if its not then, it's not going to be rushed.” IfsThinkingWantWritingImportantRealWholeTogetherPurposeSongQualityFansProjectsPatientBunchBeing The BestQuantityRushingGeneric Author:Jhene Aiko
“I think I like a challenge. I try to find projects that will push me in a new way and help me grow.” ThinkingWayTryingHelpingGrowsChallengesProjectsHelp MeNew Ways Author:Nick Jonas
“I think you have to ask yourself, what is the point of the script? What is the script selling? Because all scripts are political, every story is political. It either challenges or reinforces some schism or stereotype. So what is the project going to say at the end of the day? What does it tell you about the world, or what does it challenge in terms of your world?” ThinkingWorldDoeEndsStoriesPoliticalAsksTermChallengesProjectsScriptsSellingThe End Of The DayStereotypeSchism Author:Susan Sarandon
“I think the feeling that we're going to work together again usually starts to come up before the first project's even done. The Black Keys and I have already talked about starting on something new.” ThinkingFirstsDoneFeelingsTogetherBlackKeysProjectsStartingCome UpWorking TogetherSomething NewGoing To WorkTogether AgainBlack Keys Author:Steven Soderbergh
“I don't have a dream project. I don't really think in those terms, to tell you the truth.” ThinkingDreamTermProjects Author:Robert Barry
“John Farrar, my dear friend and songwriter/producer of most of my hits (he wrote "You're The One That I Want" and "Hopelessly Devoted to You," among others), wrote the song ["I Think You Might Like It"] and it captures so much fun and joy! Having that reunion as well, with John and John - made the project even more special!” ThinkingWantWellsMadeMightJoySongFunSpecialProjectsDearProducersCaptureDevotedSongwritersReunionDear Friend Author:Olivia Newton-John
“There's obviously instances where I perceive sexism in my job. ... I think that the sort of sexism that I see has been one that's a little bit like a gentler form of sexism, but still a little bit debilitating, which is that when, as a producer and a writer, whether it was at The Office or [at The Mindy Project], if I make a decision, it'll still seem like it's up for debate.” IfsThinkingLittlesHas BeensStillsSeemsJobsFormBitsDecisionOfficeProjectsLittle BitDebateProducersInstancePerceiveSexism Author:Mindy Kaling
“That's always attractive to me, to work with music whose form is a big question mark. Even many of my favorite bands growing up, when I was just a kid learning to play drums and guitar and everything, were bands like Pink Floyd, where the arrangement, the number of bars in each section is unconventional and often lopsided, and there will be small little instrumental interludes and that sort of thing. So those odd forms, as well as dark content, are the things that I think are continuous through all the type of projects that I've been attracted to.” ThinkingWellsLittlesPlayBigsKidsFormDarkNumbersGrowing UpGrowingTypeBandProjectsMarkGuitarMy FavoriteBarsOddAttractiveArrangementsSectionsBig QuestionsUnconventionalQuestion MarkFavorite Bands Author:Charlie Clouser
“It seems that film-makers are being divided between those working in digital and those who are not. I think it's not something predetermined - it all depends on what project we have in mind, and on that basis we choose the medium.” ThinkingMindSeemsFilmDependsProjectsBasesMediumsDigitalMakersDividedPredetermined Author:Abbas Kiarostami
“Sponsors, corporate endowments, and the heritage of the big fortunes would take care of financing cultural projects when American society was homogeneous. Now it's too complex, it's a mix. Different cultures in collision. I think it starts to be necessary to have a government institution to deal with cultural affairs.” ThinkingDifferentBigsGovernmentCareCultureDealsProjectsInstitutionsFortuneComplexesAffairTake CareCorporateHeritageDifferent CulturesCollisionFinancingAmerican SocietySponsorsEndowmentHomogeneous Author:Gilberto Gil
“I know "accessibility" is a term that's kind of thrown around wantonly today, especially with talking about visual media. But I think that the strength of comics [is how they] really allow you to transcend those last barriers between a reader absorbing the information of an experience, and a reader being able to project themselves into the [experience of the] people about whom they're reading.” PeopleThinkingKnowsKindTodayAbleLastsReadingTermTalkingMediaInformationReaderProjectsVisualsThrownBarriersAbsorbingAccessibility Author:Nate Powell
“I think it's very important to remember that so much of the work that gets done between countries is not done at the level of presidents, but is done within various agencies, whether it's law enforcement or economic ministries. And when they establish relationships and systems of communications and shared projects and shared visions, those structures continue even after any particular president is gone. It builds trust and understanding between countries that are critically important.” ThinkingImportantCountryDoneRememberLawUnderstandingPresidentLevelsVisionGoneEconomicParticularCommunicationProjectsStructureVariousAgencyMinistryLaw EnforcementEnforcementShared Vision Author:Barack Obama
“I still think have this deep desire for our Himalayan Trust - that we raise the necessary funds, that we do all the things that the Sherpas want us to do, and I would like to see us working together with them on these projects. Even though I'm old and decrepit I still have this strong feeling that I would like to carry these things out if it were still possible.” IfsThinkingWantStillsFeelingsTogetherDesireStrongProjectsRaisesWorking TogetherFundWant UStrong FeelingDecrepitDeep DesireSherpas Author:Edmund Hillary
“A lot of times I pick passion projects but at the end of the day, I don't think much of what's going to work, I want to think about how it feels to do the work.” ThinkingWantFeelsEndsPassionProjectsPicksThe End Of The DayGoing To Work Author:Eric Roberson
“I feel like that's a blessing [ Ralph Angel role]. I really just think it's about the overall message, the way it's conveyed and the people involved in the project. Find people you want to create with because it's infinite, unlimited expression.” PeopleThinkingWayWantFeelsRolesExpressionInvolvedBlessingProjectsMessagesAngelInfiniteUnlimited Author:Kofi Siriboe
“One of the reasons inequality gets so deep in this country is that everyone wants to be rich. That's the American ideal. Poor people don't like talking about poverty because even though they might live in the projects surrounded by other poor people and have, like, ten dollars in the bank, they don't like to think of themselves as poor.” PeopleThinkingWantCountryReasonMightPoorTalkingPovertyRichTenProjectsIdealsDollarsInequalityPoor People Author:Jay-Z
“There's a page in #2 where I did one of the most interesting pages I've ever drawn. I had to think, "This is a big, blockbuster comic book." You're prepared to be more fan service-y or bombastic. Yet I did one of the most challenging pages I've ever drawn, and it was incredibly satisfying to do that on a project like this [All-Star Batman].” ThinkingBookBigsStarsChallengesInterestingFansProjectsPagesPreparedComicSatisfyingComic BookMost InterestingBlockbusterAll StarsBombastic Author:Declan Shalvey
“I think that sometimes almost the bigger tragedy in a weird way is all of the future imagined creative projects that could have happened that didn't. I feel the same way about lots of brilliant people who die young, kind of senselessly especially.” PeopleThinkingWayFeelsKindSometimesYoungDiesCreativeHappenedProjectsBiggerTragedyBrilliantDie Young Author:Chris Cornell
“With this project ["This Is Mike Stud"] in general, I tried to put my life on record. All of these things I'm going through right now, I used to dream about and didn't think could ever happen to me.” ThinkingDreamHappensUsedRecordsRight NowProjectsMikeStudsMike Stud Author:Mike Stud
“The bigger problem still is that it determines in many ways what movies get made in the first place. Because as sources of finance are considering a project, they ask themselves, "Does this lend itself to a simplistic marketing approach which will guarantee a big opening weekend?" As a movie-goer, I think that's tragic, because when you look back at those movies that made us fall in love with movies in the first place, most of them were not high-concept, and most of them would not have "won their weekend."” ThinkingWayFirstsLooksDoeMadeStillsProblemBigsFallAsksSourceProjectsApproachConceptsBiggerFalling In LoveMarketingDetermineOpeningFinanceGuaranteesTragicWeekendConsideringBigger Problems Author:Curtis Hanson
“I think when I say universal, it means making a project that everybody can enjoy but also a project where they're getting closer to you.” ThinkingMeanEnjoyProjectsUniversal Author:Mario
“I think after a few years and working on so many projects, you don't get jaded but the level of your expectations is minimal, especially the way the music industry is today.” ThinkingWayYearsTodayLevelsIndustryProjectsExpectationsMusic IndustryJaded Author:Marco Mendoza
“Unless you have multiple accounts that you need to negotiate and you think the project is just too big to tackle on your own, you're better off just calling your creditors directly.” ThinkingNeedsBigsCallingProjectsAccountsMultipleBetter OffCreditors Author:Jean Chatzky
“I work on everything all at once, which is maybe the worst way to go about it. But I think that actually it works really well in terms of the serendipitous connections between all of these many different projects and these many different realms.” ThinkingWayWellsDifferentTermWorstProjectsConnectionsRealms Author:Jonathon Keats
“I always wanted to create a project that would allow me to think about cross cultural relationships and hybridization but did not want to use my personal story or standard tropes of multiculturalism.” ThinkingWantStoriesUseWantedProjectsStandardsCrossesMulticulturalismTropesPersonal Stories Author:Saya Woolfalk
“I tend to think of writing as a more collaborative project than I think some people do.” PeopleThinkingWritingProjects Author:Emily Barton
“I think about the collaboration between writers and readers, but I also think about the collaboration between all the writers in a generation or in a country or across time contributing to this massive project of documenting and reimagining our world.” ThinkingWorldCountryGenerationsReaderProjectsMassiveOur WorldCollaborationContributingReimagining Author:Emily Barton
“Basically, I want to spend my time in retreat, but to my own amazement, I agreed to help with a project to start a training center for nuns. I agreed because I think it's really very important for the Western Sangha. I don't know how I'm going to help, but it's important.” ThinkingKnowsWantImportantHelpingMy OwnKnow HowProjectsTrainingWesternMy TimeRetreatNunAmazementSangha Author:Tenzin Palmo
“I'm a Brit and I just put myself on tape, back in London, for a very distant American project that I thought I didn't stand a chance of getting. And then, I got a call about a week after I had submitted my tape, just saying, "They really like you and want to screen test you." So, I flew to L.A. and did the screen test. And then, I met Elijah [Wood] and did a screen test with him. And then, I had a very nerve-wracking few days back home, waiting and waiting and thinking, "This cannot possibly go my way because that would just be too good to be true." And then, it did.” ThinkingWayWantHomeWaitingChanceWeekLike YouMetsProjectsTestsWoodsLondonScreensBeing TrueMy WayNervesTapeFlewBack HomeJust SayingElijahBritsToo Good To Be TrueReally Like You Author:Samuel Barnett
“We try to organize the world, which isn't organized the way our brains want to organize it. We tell stories about the people in our lives, we project ideas onto them. We project relationships with people, we make our lives into stories. I don't think we can avoid doing that.” PeopleThinkingWorldWayWantTryingIdeasStoriesBrainOur LivesProjectsOrganizedOrganizePeople In Our Lives Author:Charlie Kaufman
“I don't think I've ever worked on a project [Paper Girls] that is this personal. We draw so much on our memories of growing and we're putting so much of our present day into it as well.” ThinkingWellsGirlMemoriesGrowingPaperProjectsDrawsOur MemoriesPresent Day Author:Cliff Chiang
“I think we need to think of lots of ways to communicate. And we tried some at 350. We organised what they called the largest art project in the planet's history. We do a lot with art and music and things.” ThinkingWayNeedsArtPlanetsProjectsCommunicateOrganisedArt And MusicArt Projects Author:Bill McKibben
“We think about project's public nature and how that can be enhanced, how the spaces we create can enliven the experience of being there.” ThinkingSpaceProjectsBeing There Author:Richard Meier
“The Electoral College is a project that calls on their judgment. If we don't like it, we can talk about how to eliminate it. I'm not quite convinced we should eliminate it completely. I think it's important to have a final check be somebody other than the Supreme Court. But given that it's there, we should take it seriously. And taking it seriously says they should exercise their judgment according to the moral values, the principles that are part of our constitutional tradition today. And those principles say equality.” IfsThinkingShouldImportantTodayValuesGivenMoralPrinciplesCollegeExerciseJudgmentProjectsTraditionCourtFinalsConvincedSupremeChecksSupreme CourtMoral ValuesElectoral College Author:Lawrence Lessig
“If it's possible, I will have some noodles in the morning and start talking to people, start to think about a few things in my head - the project or a few ideas which are not finished or if there are possible directions and what will lead into another game. It's always like setting up some kind of game you can continuously play.” PeopleIfsThinkingKindIdeasPlayGamesTalkingMorningProjectsFinishedSettingSettingsNoodles Author:Ai Weiwei
“If you listen to one project and think that's everything I do, you're completely wrong.” IfsThinkingProjects Author:Klayton
“My interest in language is steadfast, but I think each project and its accompanying intentions dictate how language must be used.” ThinkingUsedLanguageInterestProjectsIntentionSteadfast Author:Vivek Shraya
“I think being a doctor is really hard, and it's really this thankless, never-ending job. It's not even that you get done with a project. There are always sick people.” PeopleThinkingHardDoneJobsProjectsDoctorsSickNever EndingThankless Author:Jim Gaffigan
“It takes about a year to write an opera for me, but not a really a year of writing. I'm touring at the same time, and I'm playing, sometimes doing smaller projects.[The opera] Akhnaten fits in with Gandhi and Einstein, so that forms a trilogy in a way.I picked people who were these kind of larger than life characters, who kind of changed the world they lived in by almost the force of their personality and their inventiveness. People that I think not only do I admire but I think they're admirable people.” PeopleThinkingWorldWayWritingYearsKindSometimesCharacterFormForceChangedPersonalityFitProjectsAdmireOperaTouringAdmirableLarger Than LifeTrilogiesInventiveness Author:Philip Glass
“I think that distance is good for some people for certain projects. I mean this is sort of a dynamic question. Some projects require more distance than others, some don't require it at all. Sometimes you need it and sometimes you don't.” PeopleThinkingNeedsMeanSometimesCertainProjectsDistance Author:Junot Diaz