Felicite Island Quotes & Sayings

Life is not just something that happens to us; it has its lessons for us. — Tim Liwanag

When the film [Certified Copy] was in the Cannes Festival, I realized that the fact of having it shot in a different culture, in a different language, in a different setting, that wasn't mine and that I didn't belong to, gave me a totally different relationship to the film. When I was sitting in the audience during the official screening in Cannes, I didn't feel that it was my film. — Abbas Kiarostami

Nothing is more unaccountable than the spell that often lurks in a spoken word. A thought may be present to the mind, and two minds conscious of the same thought, but as long as it remains unspoken their familiar talk flows quietly over the hidden idea. — Nathaniel Hawthorne

You are still you. The U.S. is still the U.S., held together by credit cards and Indian names — John Updike

I don't want to be a film-maker. I think painting is far more exciting and profound. — Peter Greenaway

If General Haig is so smart, why did he finish 214th (out of 310) in his graduating class at West Point? Does that mean there are 213 generals his age who are smarter than he is? — Calvin Trillin

I needed to live, but I also needed to record what I lived. — Anais Nin