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.
I studied directing prior to acting and I've done music videos and documentaries and things that were sort of well-received.
My music is a direct reflection of the eclectic person I am. I don't like to be stuck in an R&B box.
My ancestors wandered lost in the wilderness for forty years because even in biblical times, men would not stop to ask for directions.
I'm interested in directing movies about situations that I've lived, so they are almost a personal essay about what I've come to believe in.
After directing movies, I respect any director in this world, because making a movie as a director is tons and tons of work.
My whole game plan was to direct movies. I knew if I made a reputation in theater, I would get offers.
