Dollying Up Quotes & Sayings

I fell through the holes in the educational system. But education is still a way to change a life. — Mark Bradford

Your mind burns a lot of calories. Writing can feel like a physical workout. — Philipp Meyer

Every time I felt lonely or in need of a muse, I merely created a character. — Mara Hahn

I'm a neo-Luddite. — Juliana Hatfield

Too much TV hurts movies. — Elvis Presley

That's what I do now: I lead and I teach. If we win basketball games from doing that, then that's great, but I lead and teach. Those are the two things I concentrate on. — Mike Krzyzewski

The last achievement of the serious admirer is to stop immediately putting to work the energies aroused by, filling up the space opened by, what is admired. Thereby talented admirers give themselves permission to breathe, to breathe more deeply. But for that it is necessary to go beyond avidity; to identify with something beyond achievement, beyond the gathering of power. — Susan Sontag

I guess darkness serves a purpose: to show us that there is redemption through chaos. I believe in that. I think that's the basis of Greek mythology. — Brendan Fraser

As the character talks and moves, the world around him is slowly revealed, just like dollying a camera back for a wider look at things. So all my stories start with a character, and that character introduces setting, culture, conflict, government, economy ... all of it, through his or her eyes. — Robin Hobb

The only monsters in this world are those who pass for human, who cast shadows and are reflected in mirrors, who smile and speak of compassion and shed convincing tears. — Dean Koontz

I left the next morning ... for a place where a kiss was not a crime and a man could wear any cloak he chose.' - Mance Rayder — George R R Martin

Minnows and catfish can recognize each member of their own species by his particular, person-specific odor. It is hard to imagine a solitary, independent, existentialist minnow, recognizable for himself alone; minnows in a school behave like interchangeable, identical parts of an organism. But there it is. — Lewis Thomas

Hoping something will happen soon, so she can sit down & watch it with a fresh bowl of popcorn. — Brian Andreas

This shed does not contain me. — Bill Bailey

Dollying the rest up is your baby. (Btw, did I mention it's cheap?) Most of the procedures described can be done by virtually anyone with the parts currently residing on their drive-to-work banger. The rest are low-budget (cheap!) and can be carried out with household or garage tools. All of these are things that I did to one or more of the Beetles I've had. — Christina Engela

The man was no stranger to deception, and yet his heart was pounding wildly now. He took another deep, throbbing breath. You've been deceiving people for years, he reminded himself. It's what you do. — Dan Brown