“Everything you've done, your past, it's all just a story you tell yourself. Some of it is true, but some of it is lies.”
― Trail of Lightning
― Trail of Lightning
“Gangsta comes in many forms. You can watch a movie like Die Hard, which is full of violence that’s in your face. But if you watch a movie like The Godfather, the violence is subtle—it’s in a word, a nod, a gesture. I think you walk out of Die Hard and leave something in the theater. With Godfather, you walk out with something put in you. Hip-hop is the same way.”
― The Tao of Wu
― The Tao of Wu
“Doom awaits those that write vampire-romances with one-dimensional characters.”
― On Writing and Worldbuilding, Volume I
― On Writing and Worldbuilding, Volume I
“Lucas wasn’t paying for a movie; he was buying his own creative freedom.”
― George Lucas: A Life
― George Lucas: A Life
“If you want to change how you see your problems, you have to change what you value and/or how you measure failure/success.”
― The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life
― The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life
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