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John Crowley Quotes

But I’m very happy to work within tight parameters, and when you know you have an actor for two days, and you have to get that work done in two days, that focuses the mind wonderfully Picture Quote #1

Realistic novels simply pretend that the rules of their invented worlds are identical to the rules of actual life, but that’s a ruse Picture Quote #1

The things that make us happy make us wise Picture Quote #1

The further in you go, the bigger it gets Picture Quote #1

Stories last longer: but only by becoming only stories Picture Quote #1

It occurred to him that seeing a woman’s child is like seeing a woman naked, in the way it changes how her face looks to you, how her face becomes less the whole story Picture Quote #1

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It was anyway all a long time ago; the world, we know now, is as it is and not different; if there was ever a time when there were passages, doors, the borders open and many crossing, that time is not now. The world is older than it was. Even the weather isn’t as we remember it clearly once being; never lately does there come a summer day such as we remember, never clouds as white as that, never grass as odorous or shade as deep and full of promise as we remember they can be, as once upon a time they were Picture Quote #1

First, she wanted to taste the sweat that shone on his throat and fragile clavicle; then he chose to undo the tails of her shirt, that she had tied up beneath her breasts; then, but then impatient they forgot about taking turns and quarreled silently, eagerly over each other, like pirates dividing treasure long sought, long imagined, long withheld Picture Quote #1

She had always lived her best life in dreams. She knew no greater pleasure than that moment of passage into the other place, when her limbs grew warm and heavy and the sparkling darkness behind her lids became ordered and doors opened; when conscious thought grew owl’s wings and talons and became other than conscious Picture Quote #1

God, he thought, her eyes are so bright, flashing, deep, full of promise, all those things eyes are in books but never are in life, and she was his Picture Quote #1

There was after all no mystery in the end of love, no mystery but the mystery of love itself, which was large certainly but as real as grass, as natural and unaccountable as bloom and branch and their growth Picture Quote #1

Certainly it’s very difficult to keep momentum going through a film which has as many characters as this does, and the piece took on a life of its own to try and shape it. That took all the time we had in editing Picture Quote #1

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Fundamentally, whether directing in the theatre or a film, you have to be a good storyteller, regardless of the form. The thing I had to work hardest at was thinking in shots Picture Quote #1

The bottom line is, it’s a great script and that’s very inspiring and makes you want to overcome whatever technical difficulties you come up against Picture Quote #1

You ask for her secret, though you might not know that’s what you’re about; and she can’t tell you without learning it herself. and she wants not to learn that secret Picture Quote #1

Seeing a woman’s child is like seeing a woman naked, in the way it changes how her face looks to you, how her face becomes less the whole story Picture Quote #1

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But I’m very happy to work within tight parameters, and when you know you have an actor for two days, and you have to get that work done in two days, that focuses the mind wonderfully (John Crowley Quotes) Realistic novels simply pretend that the rules of their invented worlds are identical to the rules of actual life, but that’s a ruse. (John Crowley Quotes) The things that make us happy make us wise (John Crowley Quotes) The further in you go, the bigger it gets (John Crowley Quotes) Stories last longer: but only by becoming only stories (John Crowley Quotes) It occurred to him that seeing a woman’s child is like seeing a woman naked, in the way it changes how her face looks to you, how her face becomes less the whole story (John Crowley Quotes) It was anyway all a long time ago; the world, we know now, is as it is and not different; if there was ever a time when there were passages, doors, the borders open and many crossing, that time is not now. The world is older than it was. Even the weather isn’t as we remember it clearly once being; never lately does there come a summer day such as we remember, never clouds as white as that, never grass as odorous or shade as deep and full of promise as we remember they can be, as once upon a time they were (John Crowley Quotes) First, she wanted to taste the sweat that shone on his throat and fragile clavicle; then he chose to undo the tails of her shirt, that she had tied up beneath her breasts; then, but then impatient they forgot about taking turns and quarreled silently, eagerly over each other, like pirates dividing treasure long sought, long imagined, long withheld (John Crowley Quotes) She had always lived her best life in dreams. She knew no greater pleasure than that moment of passage into the other place, when her limbs grew warm and heavy and the sparkling darkness behind her lids became ordered and doors opened; when conscious thought grew owl’s wings and talons and became other than conscious (John Crowley Quotes) God, he thought, her eyes are so bright, flashing, deep, full of promise, all those things eyes are in books but never are in life, and she was his (John Crowley Quotes) There was after all no mystery in the end of love, no mystery but the mystery of love itself, which was large certainly but as real as grass, as natural and unaccountable as bloom and branch and their growth (John Crowley Quotes) Certainly it’s very difficult to keep momentum going through a film which has as many characters as this does, and the piece took on a life of its own to try and shape it. That took all the time we had in editing (John Crowley Quotes) Fundamentally, whether directing in the theatre or a film, you have to be a good storyteller, regardless of the form. The thing I had to work hardest at was thinking in shots (John Crowley Quotes) The bottom line is, it’s a great script and that’s very inspiring and makes you want to overcome whatever technical difficulties you come up against (John Crowley Quotes) You ask for her secret, though you might not know that’s what you’re about; and she can’t tell you without learning it herself. and she wants not to learn that secret (John Crowley Quotes) Seeing a woman’s child is like seeing a woman naked, in the way it changes how her face looks to you, how her face becomes less the whole story (John Crowley Quotes)