The direction of the mind is more important than its progress.
Writing, producing and directing, I must say, is incredibly satisfying and gratifying. I've never been happier.
I believe that, by directing, it makes me a better executive as well.
But although life is not energy, any more than it is matter, yet it directs energy and thereby controls arrangements of matter.
TV directing is fine because you can come in and do a TV show in a relatively short period of time, and that can pay the bills.
You can act in five, six, or seven films in the time it takes to direct one film.
Tommy Ryan: If this is the direction the rats are going that's fine with me!
And at least in poetry you should feel free to lie. That is, not to lie, but to imagine what you want, to follow the direction of the poem.
My work sometimes can be abstract and appear not to have a direct relationship to Afro-American concerns, but, in fact, it is based on that.
NASA has been one of the most successful public investments in motivating students to do well and achieve all they can achieve. It's sad that we are turning the programme in a direction where it will reduce the amount of motivation and stimulation it...
I got to direct a human interest sports drama - to this day, one of my proudest achievements in my career and a source of undying pride.
Hockey is a unique sport in the sense that you need each and every guy helping each other and pulling in the same direction to be successful.
Honesty is the most single most important factor having a direct bearing on the final success of an individual, corporation, or product.
We do not learn by inference and deduction and the application of mathematics to philosophy, but by direct intercourse and sympathy.
I often think that the prime directive for me as a teacher of writing is akin to that for a physician, which is this: do no harm.
To love deeply in one direction makes us more loving in all others.
I like and I love everything that has to do with cinema: writing, directing, editing, creating music, and even acting.
I think that what is important is that the music be honest and direct and that it is relevant to today. I think music needs to be of its time and speak to that time.
When you make music, you're in really direct contact with your fans out there, so you hear all kinds of stories.
I have my writing and acting and producing and directing, and my younger brother has his music and his acting.
What I like most about directing is creating a world more so than anything. To me, the music is the wrapping paper on that world.
