In a nutshell, directing 'The Gift' was all about understanding how the complex machine that is 'Game of Thrones' works.
Oasis were massive for me, because of the attitude and what they represented and how outspoken they were. It felt like they were exactly like me.
If we can't agree on objective truth, then how are we ever going to agree on opinions?
There's always the pressure on the director of how to transition from one scene to another, especially when it can really be oblique on 'Game of Thrones.'
In some ways, risk-taking is the ultimate act of self-indulgence, an obscene insult to the preciousness of life. And yet, how can one dismiss something that persists despite every reasonable theory that it shouldn't?
I don't know how one actually would define obscenity. I'm sure the definition is different according to the age one is living in.
All these movies are observational comedies. I see somebody, maybe a dry cleaner, and notice how they are. Maybe I'll decide to turn a person with those traits into a studio chief.
As I was leaving graduate school in 1974, I was recruited to join a fledgling SETI project at the Hat Creek Observatory in California, mainly because I knew how to program an ancient PDP8/S computer that had been donated to the project.
It's not wise to violate rules until you know how to observe them.
People just don't understand how obsessed I am with winning.
The longing we have to communicate cleanly and directly with people is always obstructed by qualifications and often with concern about how our messages will be received.
Octopus can fish for prey while deciding what color and pattern to turn, what shape to make their bodies, be on alert for predators and aware how far away their dens are.
Odd how the creative power at once brings the whole universe to order.
In order to make a name for myself I took notice of the craziest wildest son-of-a-guns out there, and how they would receive a lot of the attention from the local wrestling periodicals. I decided that I would become an oddity, and that's how I have existed ever since.
We don't have an off-season. Every other sport has an off-season. It just goes to show how tough we are.
Quite frankly, Oklahomans are pretty smart. They know how to choose candidates.
During my first visit, I was really struck by how deeply religious many Oklahomans are. It is a very conservative state and as somebody who grew up in a very liberal country, it was jarring to me at first.
It's unbelievable how many things I've learned from Merlin Olsen.
I set my sights on making an Olympic team, not realizing how tough it was going to be.
My one area of vulnerability was I didn't know how to have a healthy relationship with a man.
