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“If chess has any relationship to film-making, it would be in the way it helps you develop patience and discipline in choosing between alternatives at a time when an impulsive decision seems very attractive.”
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“If man merely sat back and thought about his impending termination, and his terrifying insignificance and aloneness in the cosmos, he would surely go mad, or succumb to a numbing sense of futility. Why, he might ask himself, should he bother to write a great symphony, or strive to make a living, or even to love another, when he is no more than a momentary microbe on a dust mote whirling through the unimaginable immensity of space? Those of us who are forced by their own sensibilities to view their lives in this perspective — who recognize that there is no purpose they can comprehend and that amidst a countless myriad of stars their existence goes unknown and unchronicled — can fall prey all too easily to the ultimate anomie. The world's religions, for all their parochialism, did supply a kind of consolation for this great ache.”
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“If you really want to communicate something, even if it’s just an emotion or an attitude, let alone an idea, the least effective and least enjoyable way is directly. It only goes in about an inch. But if you can get people to the point where they have to think a moment what it is you’re getting at, and then discover it, the thrill of discovery goes right through the heart.”
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“The purpose of bayonet training is to awaken your killer instincts. The killer instinct will make you strong. If the meek ever inherit the earth the strong will take it away from them. The weak exist to be devoured by the strong. Every Marine must pack his own gear. Every Marine must be the instrument of his own salvation.”
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“Don't bury personal obsessions. Capitalize on them. ``The connection between personal obsession and the work you do is the most important thing.''
-- Be yourself. ``Singularity is what you need.''
-- Avoid self-censorship: ``We are very self-critical in a way that can be very destructive. In our culture there are voices in our head which have taught us to say, `Oh, I wouldn't do that if I were you.' Don't ever think about anybody peering over your shoulder.''
-- Don't be afraid to show off, even if you think, ``I'm very close to making a complete fool of myself.''
-- Don't be afraid to entertain. ``I want to entertain. I don't want to lose people. I feel responsible as I write to give people the best time I can.''
-- ``Love your failures'' instead of beating yourself up over them.
-- ``Learn to love the process'' of writing.
-- Just do it. Barker likes something director Stanley Kubrick said: ``If you want to make a film, pick up a camera.”
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-- Be yourself. ``Singularity is what you need.''
-- Avoid self-censorship: ``We are very self-critical in a way that can be very destructive. In our culture there are voices in our head which have taught us to say, `Oh, I wouldn't do that if I were you.' Don't ever think about anybody peering over your shoulder.''
-- Don't be afraid to show off, even if you think, ``I'm very close to making a complete fool of myself.''
-- Don't be afraid to entertain. ``I want to entertain. I don't want to lose people. I feel responsible as I write to give people the best time I can.''
-- ``Love your failures'' instead of beating yourself up over them.
-- ``Learn to love the process'' of writing.
-- Just do it. Barker likes something director Stanley Kubrick said: ``If you want to make a film, pick up a camera.”
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