I'm not trying to be coy or manipulative or Machiavellian, I want to spark people's imaginations. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes coy imagination machiavellian
When I was a kid, among the other embarrassing things I would do, and there's a list of stupid things, but I would make these dumb comedy tapes. I would often make prank phone calls, but I would also do it with friends. J. J. Abrams callcomedydumb share on social
All the times I've been lucky enough to be a part of a show that's actually gotten on the air, it's always that same mixture of excitement and utter fear. J. J. Abrams airexcitementfear Change image and share on social
I think you have a passion and an obsession for something when it's not necessarily ubiquitous. J. J. Abrams necessarilyobsessionpassion Change image and share on social
Most people have no imagination. If they could imagine the sufferings of others, they would not make them suffer so. What separated a German mother from a French mother? Ernst Toller frenchgermanimagination Change image and share on social
I suppose on the filmmaking side, you can learn how to cram a lot into a small space. But I think that advertising, even on what is called the creative side, is incredibly easy if you have that kind of mind. A lot of people regard it as Machiavellian and dangerous, but, in fact, it is morally neutral. Justin Cartwright advertisecallcram share on social
For a time, I believed not in God nor Santa Claus, but in mermaids. They seemed as logical and possible to me as the brittle twig of a seahorse in the zoo aquarium or the skates lugged up on the lines of cursing Sunday fishermen - skates the shape of old pillowslips with the full, coy lips of women. Sylvia Plath aquariumbelievebrittle share on social