The fragrance of flowers spreads only in the direction of the wind. But the goodness of a person spreads in all directions.
National Missile Defense is of a nature to retrigger a proliferation of weapons, notably nuclear missiles. Everything that goes in the direction of proliferation is a bad direction.
People, like sheep, tend to follow a leader - occasionally in the right direction.
Directing an opera is similar to directing a play. The singing must not get in the way of the drama.
Remember, if you're heading in the wrong direction, God allows U-turns!
If all pulled in one direction, the world would keel over.
I directed my first music video for Sara Bareilles. I like writing and directing. I co-wrote '21 Jump Street' and I'm in that. To me, they all inform the other one. I think writing makes you a better actor, acting makes you a better writer, directing...
Film directing has perfected my theater directing. I think when I first started directing, a lot of my stuff was very lateral; I was afraid to have the actors' backs turned away, afraid to put them too far upstage, and I think once I did more things ...
My M.F.A was in directing, and all the films I've made, for film school and after, I've written, directed and shot.
Directing Marilyn Monroe was like directing Lassie. You needed fourteen takes to get each one of them right.
I think the only directing I'd be any good at is theatre directing. It's the only thing I can see myself doing.
The direction of your focus is the direction your life will move. Let yourself move toward what is good, valuable, strong and true.
My personality just steps away, and I'm in direct connection when I'm on stage.
You get money out of acting. You get gray hair out of directing. Actually, I get more of a rush from directing.
I think I'll always want to write and direct. I'm interested in producing and helping other people tell stories. But I'm still in love with writing and directing.
Your tendency to be inward-directed or outward-directed is huge; it governs every part of the way you live and work and love.
If we all pulled in one direction, the world would keel over.
It's nice to be pushed, when you're being pushed in the right direction.
I think Europe is going in the right direction and we shouldn't be set back.
The thing that's very close in the process is writing and acting, not directing. Directing's very different.
Directions are instructions given to explain how. Direction is a vision offered to explain why.
