David Nevins
Related BILL NYE I mean, you have a general tone of it but it's pretty much you get to come in and you're goi... DAVID R. ELLIS TORI AMOS Producing a series is like being Lewis and Clark: You know where you're going, you just don'... CHRIS CARTER If you think you know where you're going to be 10 years from now, that's where you're at... LARRY POONS Of course I wanted an agent from the time I was like 5, but my mother was like, 'No, you're ... LAURA BENANTI My favorite part of a roller-coaster ride is when you're going up and you're slightly scared... GINA GERSHON DAVID TENNANT JOHN MCENROE SHIA LABEOUF ANTHONY HOPKINS MOS DEF JON LESTER A good story will keep you wondering about what's happening, what's going on, where does thi... FEDE ALVAREZ Film and television are just different. Film is cool because it's a complete package. You know t... AUSTIN BUTLER I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES PICO IYER ROSE MCIVER At an individual level just as much as a corporate level, this notion of if you're not really pa... JOHN HAGEL III When you're editing, you're putting it together in a way that makes sense metaphysically. Yo... D. A. PENNEBAKER BONNIE BEDELIA WALTER MOSLEY BEN STILLER DREW GODDARD It's really hard to go out knowing that you are going to be the center of attention just about a... DARLENE CATES If you're an entrepreneur and you're starting a company, I think the first thing you do is y... DAVE GOLDBERG Long-time viewing of Internet violence tend to change a person's temperament, making the person pron... YOU QUANXI If positive and healthy materials are absent, negative materials are sure to be dominant in the cybe... YOU QUANXI In a robust global business environment, our business units operated well in the first quarter. More... HARRY YOU The Board of Directors and I are pleased to recognize Peter's outstanding contribution to the succes... HARRY YOU We are pleased to close the books on 2004 following the painstaking review of almost five years of f... HARRY YOU WILL.I.AM If you're middle aged... where're you going to go to meet someone? You're not going to g... ELIZABETH PERKINS WALKER PERCY The hardest thing about being an unpublished writer is that there's always that voice in your he... WATT KEY MEGAN FOX I think part of that is to create an environment where it's like real life, where you don't ... RADHA MITCHELL There's a way of playing safe, there's a way of using tricks and there's the way I like ... DAVE BRUBECK L.A. is such a big city, and there's so much going on. I mean, you know you're in L.A. when ... CASSIE STEELE Acting in film, you know, I hear all the time, people say 'You did so much better than I thought... T.I. In film, you're so much in the hands and at the mercy of the editor, so sometimes it's good ... FINN WITTROCK GERMANY KENT BRETT FAVRE BOB DYLAN JASON BATEMAN JOHN MADDEN 85% of all video we watch is pre-recorded, so you can set your system to download it all the time. Y... VINT CERF GARRY SHANDLING In a play, you know where you start and end and all the stops you have to do, but in television, you... CAITLIN FITZGERALD The emotions you see when you watch 'Narcos,' they're pretty much my emotions and the wa... WAGNER MOURA RACHEL DRATCH When you're with another actor who's also been through five hours of prosthetic makeup, and ... ALEXANDRA DADDARIO LYNSEY ADDARIO It's like Forrest Gump said, 'Life is like a box of chocolates.' Your career is like a b... NICK CARTER Americans are very big about loving the dog first, so when you tell them you have to set rules and l... CESAR MILLAN JEFF FOXWORTHY JACK WHITE When you're watching television, you don't want to watch a show where everything just works ... CANDICE ACCOLA TED NUGENT If you can hear music, you can hear the musicality of the way someone speaks. It's easier to nai... LAURA BENANTI JOAN RIVERS All you can do is really the prep work and make sure you're ready to hit each golf shot. Outside... RICKIE FOWLER DAVID IGNATIUS J. J. WATT GREG BEHRENDT MELISSA ETHERIDGE MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEY If I have my way, I want to go start making really interactive television. Stuff where you can sit a... ZACHARY LEVI When he came to television, there was no way I wasn't going to watch. Of course, he delivered ev... JAMES RODAY You have to go to where you can make money, and you see in the service area, in the technological ar... AL D'AMATO JAMES CORDEN I think it's like, you know, you can't get ahead of yourself, because no amount of success o... ZACHARY QUINTO A lot of the television industry is so cookie-cutter. In general, there are so many shows that are e... ADAM BALDWIN JEFF BEZOS JOHN MADDEN When you start a scene, and you don't really know where you're going to go, that's a rol... MARION COTILLARD LOUIS THEROUX CRAIG GROESCHEL I love the novel because it's like a love affair. You can just fall into it and keep going, and ... DANIEL ALARCON DANNY DEVITO KELLY ROWLAND MARTHA STEWART I'm the type of person who can get a feel for what you need and what I need to do to push you to... CARA CASTRONUOVA ARUNDHATI BHATTACHARYA If you're going to exude naivete, you can't really... walk out there like it's a Sting s... FRANK BLACK DAVID HAREWOOD CHRIS KYLE With the Red Sox, you have more of a literary interest in it. You know they're going to lose; yo... D. B. SWEENEY J. K. SIMMONS If you can predict where the market's going, just do what you can predict. If you can't, whi... KENNETH FISHER RON HOWARD DEREK WALCOTT You're taught that you can keep going in the military. Your point of collapse is not what you th... KIESZA BILLY GARDELL KEVIN MITNICK BOB MCNAIR When you're doing a network show in the States, you're just a slave to the ratings. There... JEFFREY KLARIK HOLLY HUNTER Growing up as a young kid, I was in a restaurant. So, you know, I always had a very good understandi... GRANT ACHATZ When you decide you want to become a television writer, you naively assume it's going to be like... JEFFREY KLARIK
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I like stories with a collision of disparate tones. Look at 'Shameless' or 'House of Lie... DAVID NEVINS When it comes to storytelling, not taking risks is riskier than swinging for the fences. I have very... DAVID NEVINS I love being a producer, and I think I essentially still operate as a producer even though I now hav... DAVID NEVINS I like shows that are surprising and not predictable. That have deep, rich characters that are fully... DAVID NEVINS I'm always interested in trying to stay on the cutting edge of television storytelling. To be sl... DAVID NEVINS I sold 'Time Life' books on the telephone. It's probably the only pure skill job I'v... DAVID NEVINS I have very simple ambitions. If I can just not be boring, I'm ahead of the game. It's hard ... DAVID NEVINS In all my shows, I'm not interested in the iconic shots of the Capitol and the Washington Monume... DAVID NEVINS I actually have very girly taste in television. I like a chicky relationship show probably more than... DAVID NEVINS A mistake does not make a shadow. The people who you hurt through the mistake and what they decide t... JUSTIN DAVID NEVINS If you made a movie about (evolutionary biologist Charles) Darwin now, it would be revolutionary. If... SHEILA NEVINS If you made a movie about (evolutionary biologist Charles) Darwin now, it would be revolutionary. If... SHEILA NEVINS I didn't realize, actually, at the time how terribly important this documentary was. I didn't know t... SHEILA NEVINS This documentary is about tapping into a celebration of gay people and prejudice against gay familie... SHEILA NEVINS a singular creative force in what may be called high-impact television. SHEILA NEVINS respect mostly the people on the other side of the camera. SHEILA NEVINS When a man is close to tears discussing his work and his lip quivers, he deserves bosses who punch b... SHEILA NEVINS If you made a movie about (evolutionary biologist Charles) Darwin now, it would be revolutionary. If... SHEILA NEVINS Woolrich had a genius for creating types of story perfectly consonant with his world: the noir cop s... FRANCIS M. NEVINS JR. In Woolrich's crime fiction there is a gradual development from pulp to noir. The earlier a story, t... FRANCIS M. NEVINS JR. Long before the Theater of the Absurd, Woolrich discovered that an incomprehensible universe is best... FRANCIS M. NEVINS JR. This may not be art as art commonly goes; the lack of discipline, of control, would seem to rule it ... FRANCIS M. NEVINS JR. My biggest objection to Marxism has been the presumption that industry should exist at all. I think ... DAVID DAVID KATZMAN LARRY DAVID DAVID HAREWOOD DAVID HAREWOOD In the last couple of years I've been facing down a lot of the demons of the past and trying to ... DAVID COVERDALE George W. Bush: a person who is the ultimate outcome of the American condition. Someone promoted abo... DAVID LANGE DAVID LYNCH Studying consciousness tells us more about how the world is fundamentally strange. I think we have a... 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DAVID HARSANYI Once you get over the culture shock, Filey is a pleasant spot, particularly at the beginning or end ... DAVID HEWSON Robots have gotten steadily more capable, but humans' expectations that robots should have minds... DAVID HANSON DAVID SEDARIS College is a magic time. Yes, you're young and fickle, but you want to be part of this college e... DAVID SZE DAVID MAMET DAVID LACHAPELLE Gribenes have been referred to as Jewish popcorn or kosher pork rinds. It's basically chicken sk... DAVID SAX Texas hold 'em is all about folding and waiting for that time that comes up every hour or two wh... DAVID EINHORN I spent most of high school working on the debate team, probably at some expense to my grades. Being... DAVID EINHORN During my freshman year at Cornell, I joined my dorm's intramural football team. At the first pr... DAVID EINHORN I rooted for the Milwaukee Brewers and its stars, Robin Yount and Paul Molitor. I went to a lot of g... DAVID EINHORN I've got a fantasy-baseball team with my brother. But I have to admit, he does all the work. DAVID EINHORN My father and grandfather were businessmen. The family business was Adelphi Paints in New Jersey. Wh... DAVID EINHORN There's more at risk in what happens in Microsoft than I could ever bet on a poker table. DAVID EINHORN On my best days, I fancy myself a combination of Dad's persistence/patience and Mom's toughn... DAVID EINHORN Both poker and investing are games of incomplete information. You have a certain set of facts and yo... DAVID EINHORN DAVID CRYSTAL LARRY DAVID Mathematics knows no races or geographic boundaries; for mathematics, the cultural world is one coun... DAVID HILBERT Every spring, this country will be reminded of the Lady from Texas. As trees bloom and flowers carpe... DAVID MIXNER If you're a reporter, the easiest thing in the world is to get a story. The hardest thing is to ... DAVID HALBERSTAM DAVID TENNANT I checked out all types of tobacco trying to find one that would be easiest to live with, I ended up... DAVID STRATHAIRN DAVID LYNCH DAVID HOCKNEY DAVID HUME Lion sounds that have not grown from the mouse may exude naked power... but cannot convey any wisdom... DAVID WHYTE DAVID HUME Mathematics is a game played according to certain simple rules with meaningless marks on paper. DAVID HILBERT But Dr. Smith says, and I believe it to be a true state of the case, that he himself gave a course o... DAVID RITTENHOUSE I played hockey in the winter, and then I would play golf in the summer. But I always knew I'd b... DAVID HEARN DAVID HOCKNEY Through the years I've been getting better and better and better, and it's what you learn th... DAVID ORTIZ 'The Sopranos' is filled with really retrograde humor. Bathroom humor, falls, stupid puns, b... DAVID CHASE I am more weary of life, I think, than ever I was. 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Television isn't inherently good or bad. You go to a bookstore, there are how many thousands of ... 
There is an energy that you carry when you're nurturing another life where you're protecting... 
When you first read a script is the purest moment. That's when you can understand how an audienc... 
If you watch a guy go out on court and have a meltdown, you're not going to think, 'Oh my Go... 
And if you're a golfer and you watch a golf film and Matt Damon swing, and it's not great, t... 
It's such a pleasant surprise when you come on set and you find someone in charge like Ken Brana... 
If you're going to do Chuck Berry, you got to, you know, go all out, and the duck walk is just k... 
You never know when you're going to throw a no-hitter or if you're ever going to get the cha... 
Where you come from now is much less important than where you're going. More and more of us are ... 
The great thing about being an actor in a film is that you're able to start knowing exactly wher... 
I like to do a movie, to be on it 8, 10 weeks. It evolves as you're working on it. Little things... 
I don't ever know where I'm going. Because one of the wonderful things about writing, which ... 
I don't think know if anything's going to translate anywhere. You're making a movie, you... 
If you can relate to what the character's going through, the story can be as ridiculous as possi... 
If you really want change, you really want it to be inclusive, where everyone's included, otherw... 
My mother refused to let me fail. So I insisted. 
When you're doing a film, you're on a set and you have retakes and you have time to get it r... 
Be kind. We never know what people are going through. Give grace and mercy because one day your circ... 
As a coach, they would love to sit there and say, 'It's going to be five steps, you're g... 
You're going to die. You're going to be dead. It could be 20 years, it could be tomorrow, an... 
Television is much more of a producer's writer's medium, so a lot of the time, when you'... 
If you play the video game, you become more interested and you want to know more about it. You want ... 
My first 'Tonight Show' was just one of those things - I mean this seriously - a cosmic, mea... 
When you're starting up a show, you don't really know what direction it's going to go. 
It's very hard to turn your back once you're aware of what's going on, and you're aw... 
If you ever start feeling like you have the goofiest, craziest, most dysfunctional family in the wor... 
I consider music to be storytelling, melody and rhythm. A lot of hip-hop has broken music down. Ther... 
There's an absolute surety to the hands-on conservation lifestyle of hunting, fishing and trappi... 
Show business is - you're there by somebody's fluke. And as long as somebody likes you, and ... 
The secret of any kind of reporting is to go with a guide. So if you, you're going to see Hezbol... 
I know that I'm going out there, and I know that I am going to get hit in the head. I know that&... 
I think probably - I think, you know, when you're first dating somebody, if they're just not... 
I can be a rock star with a television show and still have a self-esteem problem. So it's nice t... 
One of the great pleasures of going to see a Daniel Day-Lewis film: you haven't seen him in five... 
If you're big at school, you've really got two choices. You're going to be a target. If ... 
I don't think that you can invent on behalf of customers unless you're willing to think long... 
Some day we're gonna have interactive television where you can pick the shot that you want. You ... 
In my normal way of doing things, there's a little bit of 'going native' that takes plac... 
If you catch yourself wondering why you want more of the world and you're not satisfied with God, it... 
If you're going to have kids, there's only one way to go. They have to know they're the ... 
We all have different things that we go through in our everyday life, and it's really important ... 
The ultimate goal is to be an interesting, useful, wholesome person. If you're successful on top... 
To tell you the truth, if you're looking at rising pretty high, then you need to find a way of t... 
You don't just win an Oscar because you're a great actor. You campaign for that Oscar: you e... 
You're not just going out there, maybe sacrificing your own life. There's also sacrifices st... 
If you're doing a prison show, HBO is the absolute best place in the world to be doing that beca... 
Anytime you really take a close look at people who are dealing with the aging process, you're go... 
If you know what you are going to write when you're writing a poem, it's going to be average... 
And then as I got older, see, I think a lot of times with comics, your life kind of permeates your a... 
It's actually a smarter crime because imagine if you rob a bank, or you're dealing drugs. If... 
If you're going to have a satisfactory standard of living, you're going to have to be compet... 
There's no way that anyone can know the ebb and flow of one's career. You can't know tha... 
I gave a funny speech at my wife's birthday party, and I'm thinking, 'Hey, I've stil... 
The area where I grew up in Birmingham was very diverse - I was aware of my race but not overly awar... 
Birmingham people are the salt of the earth, and I've carried that with me all around the world.... 
Stories hold conflict and contrast, highs and lows, life and death, and the human struggle and all k... 
Thought is the wind and knowledge the sail. 
The Doctor' is the kind of character - because the guest cast is changing all the time, there ar... 
It's so warm now, and Thanksgiving came so early - is it just me, or does it not really feel lik... 
Bilingualism lets you have your cake and eat it. The new language opens the doors to the best jobs i... 
I can mention many moments that were unforgettable and revelatory. But the most single revelatory th... 
Being dyslexic, I was told that I was an idiot all the time. 
The first half of the 20th century belongs to Picasso, and the second half is about photography. The... 
All I could do at school was paint and draw and that was the only time I ever passed any exam. It wa... 
Everything I read about hitting a midlife crisis was true. I had such a struggle letting go of youth... 
I had a wonderful childhood, which is tough because it's hard to adjust to a miserable adulthood... 
People use irony as a defense mechanism. 
I certainly agree that putting everything into little genres is counterproductive. You're not go... 
Analysis is like a lobotomy. Who wants to have all their edges shaved off? 
I like time off. I'm not a workaholic. 
I've had an awful lot of good fortune. 
Every day is a blessing - not to get too schmaltzy, but, really, it is. 
There were times when I was a joke, but talent survives. 
The law always limits every power it gives. 
There are some four million different kinds of animals and plants in the world. Four million differe... 
Life to me is a journey - you never know what may be your next destination. 
False modesty can be worse than arrogance. 
This whole world is wild at heart and weird on top. 
If you read somebody's diary, you get what you deserve. 
What I value most in my friends is loyalty. 
I'm a photographer, period. I love photography, the immediacy of it. I like the craft, the idea ... 
Language itself changes slowly, but the Internet has speeded up the process of those changes so you ... 
Smoking calms me down. It's enjoyable. I don't want politicians deciding what is exciting in... 
It is not contrary to reason to prefer the destruction of the whole world to the scratching of my fi... 
Enjoyment of the landscape is a thrill. 
The important thing is for the characters to feel real, and to be given the humanity they are due. T... 