Astra Taylor Quotes

Life is full of misery, loneliness, and suffering – and it’s all over much too soon.

- Woody Allen

Filmmaker

• Loneliness
• Misery
• Suffering

That is what I was more drawn to – creating stories while changing and altering reality.

- Roger Ross Williams

Filmmaker

· USA

• Creating
• Reality
• Stories

Cinema basically examines a personality first and the body afterward.

- Peter Greenaway

Filmmaker

· England

• Body
• Cinema
• Personality

I am not in favor of killing – that for me is the line not to be crossed.

- Margarethe von Trotta

Filmmaker

· Germany

• Favors
• Killing

We have built our State on the freedom of personal adventure.

- John Grierson

Filmmaker

· Scotland

• Adventure
• Travel

One must confront vague ideas with clear images.

- Jean-Luc Godard

Filmmaker

· France

• Ideas

People are funny. They often don’t mean to be, and that’s what makes it even more endearing.

- Jennifer Lee

Filmmaker

· USA

We live in a time of excess – excess population, excess information.

- Peter Greenaway

Filmmaker

· England

• Excess
• Information
• Population

Jack Reacher was easy because the function of the villain was just to spread fear and horror.

- Werner Herzog

Filmmaker

· Germany

• Horror
• Villain

Even with painting, even abstract paintings, you need the incoming of, light on the canvas.

- Jean-Luc Godard

Filmmaker

· France

• Light