Quotes About Impact

Burt Lancaster was largely responsible for me becoming a director.

When horror is about something - capital-A about - that's when it's really landing.

Not all the actors get a chance to leave a landmark.

It's complicated to stand and trade with me. My first hand lands and you already feel it.

Meeting authors is kind of the death of the characters. That is always heartbreaking.

I like meeting fans. It's amazing to me.

Looking back, all I can say is that the meeting with Bush was one of the most disgusting experiences in my life.

Meeting Chet was a life changing moment for me.

Much responsibility rests upon the shoulders of the song leader; it is not infrequently within his power to make or break a meeting.

When I was a crusade director in British Columbia, all of our meetings were at 9:03. Somebody said 'That's ridiculous. Why did you do that?' It's because you remember it. You've never been to another 9:03 meeting.

A film doesn't exist until it meets its audience.

It's important to have a good sense of style that sets you apart, so you're not just forgotten after somebody meets you.

When people write things on the Internet about me that aren't true, it's tough to deal with. Even if you're the most mellow person in the world, stuff like that bothers you eventually.

Never be ashamed to write a melody that people remember.

You know when a song has a melody or some kind of element that affects you, and that is what I am trying to go for.

If you can write a catchy melody and a song that captures people around the world, what better thing to do? Other than 'Let Her Go,' I haven't managed to do that. And that's fine by me.

Letting the tundra melt is the equivalent to burning all of the forests in all of the world and their roots two and a half times over.

Be a member of the human race. Love somebody. Change the world.

When they write my epitaph, it's going to say, 'Innate Immunotherapeutics, saving millions of lives.' It's not going to be 'member of Congress.'

I am a very active audience member. I want to be moved. I want to be confronted. I want to feel.

Being on a board is not just about showing up for the meetings. A board member needs to materially contribute to the success of the business.

'Working Class Man' is my second memoir and is a continuation of my story from where 'Working Class Boy' left off. The book is really an attempt at explaining the impact of my childhood on myself and the ones I loved as an adult.

'Undertones of War' by Edmund Blunden seems to get less attention than the memoirs of Siegfried Sassoon and Robert Graves, but it is a great book.

The Dumas memoirs - which I also discovered when I was a kid - had a big impact on me.