I think that if you write what you love to read, that will be what your audience wants to read, too.
I can see the music. I know what it looks like. I know what color it is. The words come easy, the tears come easy, and the joy comes easy. The music tells you what to do.
The basic idea of a hyper instrument is where the technology is built right into the instrument so that the instrument knows how it's being played - literally what the expression is, what the meaning is, what the direction of the music is.
The Oscars are about the dynamics of that moment, of that season. It reflects what's been going on in the world every year through the movies. And a lot of times, what's popular at the movies is popular because of what's going on in the world at that...
I'm a student of the movies. I'm a student of all media. This is what I do, and I like to immerse myself in what's current and what's topical. And I find that I'm drawn to those things.
Frank Lucas: What's with this outfit? You know what it says? You wanna know what it says? Arrest me!
Joy is not the result of getting what you want; it is the way to get what you want. In the deepest sense, joy is what you want.
When you listen, it's amazing what you can learn. When you act on what you've learned, it's amazing what you can change.
Everyone hears what you say. Friends listen to what you say. Best friends listen to what you don't say.
You know something, it's best no to have what you need because then, you start looking for what you need and make it what you need.
Most of our failures in understanding one another have less to do with what is heard than with what is intended and what is inferred.
I am what I am, and I don't apologize for being honest.
The informing idea of what you want to say and do, that's what will take you from film school to professional - the idea. That's what is original to you.
My films are never about what Hong Kong is like, or anything approaching a realistic portrait, but what I think about Hong Kong and what I want it to be.
NEWSPAPER: What great paper is the Earth; what a typeface is the Day; what ink is the Night! – Everyone prints, everyone reads; no one understands.
Duty, Honor, Country. Those three hallowed words reverently dictate what you ought to be, what you can be, what you will be.
You can't get there by bus, only by hard work and risk and by not quite knowing what you're doing. What you'll discover will be wonderful. What you'll discover will be yourself.
I want to be surprised by what people do, I don't want to work with people who need to be told what to do. I want people to show me what they've got.
I think now I'll probably take a few days off and enjoy the competition and then sit down with a few people and work out what is next, work out what the next preparation will be and what competition will be next.
You have to find what makes you stable in the storm. Then, no matter what's happening round you, no matter what the hype or the publicity, you can still manage to make leaps in your work as an artist.
I guess what I learned the most was to feel lucky with what I have been able to accomplish and what I have and to feel humble about the people I have been able to work with.
