You have to leave the window open for better classes to come along as you go. You can't grow too proud of your script. You have to let the thing shape itself. It guarantees the best classes will always be used and it also keeps you from going braindead. If you grow bored and uninspired working on something, the audience will be able to tell.
When I think of the people I've worked with, all of them have great passion, and the passion is what keeps people inspired.
The writer is a definite human phenomenon. He is almost a type - as pugilists are a type. He may be a bad writer - an insipid one or a clumsy one - but there is a bug in him that keeps spinning yarns; and that bulges his brow a bit, narrows his jaws, weakens his eyes and gives him girl children instead of boys. Nobody but a writer can write. People who hang around writers for years - as producers did - who are much smarter and have much better taste, never learn to write.
Stuff I like is getting trashed and stuff that is being praised I think is terrible. I don't really feel in sync with what's happening, but at the same time, what I think keeps me afloat is that I try not to be, and don't want to be, very indulgent. I try to make the films as lean as possible, and to not spend a lot of time crawling up my own ass creatively.
I believe in getting into hot water; it keeps you clean.
There must be a cloud in my head, rain keeps falling from my eyes
It is the spirit and not the form of law that keeps justice alive.
The Christian who keeps their heart diligently in little things shall be kept from great falls.
Be appreciative. . . that's what keeps me happy.
Journalism keeps you planted in the earth.
We have all been hypnotized into thinking that we are smaller than we are. Just as an undersized flowerpot keeps a mighty tree root-bound or a little fishbowl keeps goldfish tiny, we have adapted, adjusted, and accommodated to a Lilliputian life. But place the same tree in an open field or the fish in a lake, and they will grow to hundreds of times their size. Unlike the tree or goldfish, you are not dependent on someone else to move you. You have the power to move yourself. You can step into a broader domain and grow to your full potential.
A good love story always keeps the pot boiling.
Shame makes people abandon their children and drink themselves to death. It also keeps us from true happiness. An apology is a glorious release.
Sure, fear can protect us from danger—but most of the time it just keeps us from life’s great adventures.
It keeps you grounded, you lead a regular life and you appreciate things more.
The problem is that our inherent ignorance keeps us in samsara and unable to benefit ourselves and others on a really deep level.
The wall that protects you from rejection also keeps out love and success. Accept your abundance.
Who keeps on loving you when you've been lying, saying things that ain't what they seem? God does, but I don't. God will, but I won't.
Who keeps the old akindle and adds new knowledge is fitted to be a teacher.
A sound body keeps a sound mind.