Famous Movie Directors Quotes & Sayings

If you're ridin' ahead of the herd, take a look back every now and then to make sure it's still there — Will Rogers

To improve ourselves, to move toward that goal, perfection, that puts no less a demand on us for being unattainable, requires solitude, removal from the concerns of everyday life. And yet constant solitude renders self-improvement impossible, if not pointless. A balance must be struck between meditating in solitude and then applying this to your everyday life. — Leo Tolstoy

Run away from greatness and greatness will follow you. — Abu Bakr

No words and I knew with certainty that Bangley had killed his old man. — Peter Heller

You grow a whole lot more as a writer by getting old stories out of the house and letting new ones come in and live with you until they grow up and are ready to go. Don't let the old ones stay there and grow fat and cranky and eat all the food out of the refrigerator. You have dozens of generations of stories inside you, but the only way to make room for the new ones is to write the old ones and mail them off. — Orson Scott Card

Sometimes, at the least opportune times, the past is an insomniac, alive and well. — Courtney Cole

I portray a hard-ace shell on the outside; strong, unapproachable and a rebel. But on the inside, I'm a gooey, emotional, scaredy cat mess. — Shelly Crane

You have no idea how much it contributes to the general politeness and pleasantness of diplomacy when you have a little quiet armed force in the background — George F. Kennan

When mind and action are separate, zen is lost. We keep the two in sync by paying attention. — Philip Toshio Sudo