Agnieszka Holland Quotes

#1. [Henry] James is much more complex than Jane Austen. That's why it's not so easy to adapt him. People expect a nice period piece, but that's not always the case. There's a deep human mystery in his work.

Agnieszka Holland

#2. Horror movies are all about getting your attention; you always have to be on guard. People love to be on the edge - there's nothing like a surprise.

P. J. Soles

#3. The internet creates chaos and a dangerous kind of piracy but makes the viewer much more active and gives the voice to minority players.

Agnieszka Holland

#4. I believe that the internet as an open platform for distribution could be a great chance for the diversity of film production.

Agnieszka Holland

#5. Man's liberty ends, and it ought to end, when that liberty becomes the curse of its neighbors.

Frederic William Farrar

#6. She... tried to ignore what Aeron's presence did to her. What both of them did to her. Especially when they were watching her with barely concealed hunger. ...

Savannah Stuart

#7. He felt oddly powerless, as if his entire life were in the fingers of two faceless players maneuvering pieces in the same patterns on some vast board in a game that, for all he knew, had lasted for eternity.

David Eddings

#8. Unfortunately, in many cases, people who write science fiction violate the laws of nature, not because they want to make a point, but because they don't know what the laws of nature are.

Isaac Asimov

#9. In complexity, it is only simplicity that can be interesting.

Steven Weinberg

#10. what once cause catastrophe in my life has now become the catalyst for my direction.

Nikki Rowe

#11. A script is utterly useless in and of itself; it's only of any worth the minute your actors, your designers, your directors come into being.

Peter Mullan

#12. Every man's dream is to be able to sink into the arms of a woman without also falling into her hands

Jerry Lewis

#13. I had to spend countless hours, above and beyond the basic time, to try and perfect the fundamentals.

Julius Erving

#14. Ellis Island lies in New York Harbor 1,300 feet from Jersey City, New Jersey, and one mile from the tip of Manhattan. At the time of the first European settlement, it was mostly mud, sand, and oyster shells, which nearly disappeared at high tide.

David Souter

#15. It ain't no fun if the homies can't have none.

Snoop Dogg

#16. Be yourself. Don't pretend that you know something you don't. Don't create the appearance of fake authority. Speak about the things you really care about.

Agnieszka Holland

#17. You hope Raphael survives this?" Luke said."Come on- how many people has he killed?
Magnus turned cold eyes on him. "Who among us has bloodless hands? What did you do, Lucian Graymark, to gain yourself a pack- two packs- of werewolves?

Cassandra Clare