Elements Quotes - Page 38

I am so far as I am aware not at all influenced by dramatists, expect for Shakespeare, who I have to say, it is impossible not to be influenced by if you hold language to be the major element of theatre.

Boldness is a crucial element of genius.

I watched tapes and became a historian of the sport, and tried to combine certain elements and find things in the gym and saw what worked for me.

Our institutions have a potent digestion, and may in time convert and assimilate to good all elements thrown in, however originally alien.

In modern studios, we're so used to becoming little dictators; you're used to the fascism of having complete control over every element.

I really like older writers, perhaps because they take me out of my element. I don't have a great deal of interest in reading a fictionalized present as it's pretty insane as it is.

Facts, according to my ideas, are merely the elements of truths, and not the truths themselves; of all matters there are none so utterly useless by themselves as your mere matters of fact

The schools begin with what they call the elements, and where do they end?

The traveler must be born again on the road, and earn a passport from the elements.

I have found all things thus far, persons and inanimate matter, elements and seasons, strangely adapted to my resources.

Historically when there is a rising power like China, it has usually led to confrontations between the rising power and the existing dominant powers. And when you have a shift of the center of gravity of world affairs from the Atlantic to the Pacific, then you have an additional element.

There is no realism without an element of idealism.

At bottom, everything depends upon the presence or absence of one single element in the soul - HOPE

I think female-female relationships interest me so much more because they're so encoded. There is kind of a psychic element that happens within groups of women. Whenever I hang out with my female friends, I feel like context is never needed.

I think you can find all the elements that you can find in great literature in mundane experiences.

I've translated a lot of American literature into Japanese, and I think that what makes a good translator is, above all, a feel for language and also a great affection for the work you're translating. If one of those elements is missing the translation won't be worth much.

It seems to me that very sad things always contain an element of the comical

I don't want to call the show [ "Mary and Jane" ] a satire because it is not, but there are satirical elements.

I think you have to be very careful with effects that they don't overpower the story with the visual element.

It's funny, though, with films, because you can incorporate a variety of elements, and sometimes that can work for you and sometimes I think it can work against you.

The admitted right of a government to prevent the influx of elements hostile to its internal peace and security may not be questioned, even where there is not treaty stipulation on the subject.

Enthusiasm is more important than innate ability, it turns out, because the single more important element in developing an expertise is your willingness to practice.

I avoided nudity unless a film couldnt be told without those scenes. If you look at my films, few of them have that element, yet nudity and male fantasies have become emblematic of my work.

I can't not find humor in elements of most parts of life, but at the same time nothing ever seems perpetually funny to me.

The tragic element of a character is always intriguing I think.