I teach a course in screenwriting at Columbia, but I've never taken a course and I've never read a book about it! Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes book columbia have
If you write interesting roles, you get interesting people to play them. If you write roles that are full of nuance and contradiction and have interesting dialog, actors are drawn to that. Paul Schrader actorcontradictiondialog Change image and share on social
'Taxi Driver' wasn't autobiographical in terms of the actual events, but I did draw on my own mental state. Paul Schrader actualautobiographicaldraw Change image and share on social
The only economic paradigm that movies have ever known is capitalism. There were no church sponsors or state patronage. The idea was that if you'd pay to see it, we'll make it for you. Paul Schrader capitalismchurcheconomic Change image and share on social
I would've done anything to work with Satyajit Ray. Nimrat Kaur haveraysatyajit Change image and share on social
Ironically, it is only when disaster strikes that the shuttle makes the headlines. Its routine flights attracted less media interest than unmanned probes to the planets or the images from the Hubble Telescope. The fate of Columbia (like that of Challenger in 1986) reminded us that space is still a hazardous environment. Martin Rees attractchallengercolumbia share on social
Another thing that freaks me out is time. Time is like a book. You have a beginning, a middle and an end. It's just a cycle. Mike Tyson beginbookcycle Change image and share on social