Quotes About Immediacy

Personally, I think that users should be able to use all the functions of a console video game machine as soon as they open the box.

Most people don't take the long-term view. The media is more of a short-term reactionary view.

How long do I have to take care of it?" I asked. "SOON." "Soon? How soon is soon? What do you mean, soon?

You won't have time, do it now!

The rich man thinks about the future the poor man thinks about today.

They say, "If you have true love, let it go and it will come back." I don't think so. True love is like a cupcake, it should be enjoyed immediately.

A verbal art like poetry is reflective it stops to think. Music is immediate, it goes on to become.

We tend to forget that life can only be defined in the present tense.

When?" "Now," he said, and took my elbow. "There is no time to lose.

With documentary, you just pick up a camera and start.

With an audience it's now, there are no editors around. It's just me and the audience and it's what I like best.

toothbrush and dental powder; a mattress and cover, two sheets, one pillow case. An instant after

How long will you wait for the right time to come? The right time is now and the right place is here.

I think what working in a short film online is that the response from the audience is immediate whether your short film or web-series works or not, it is immediate. You can see comments and you can also see how many people have viewed it.

The idea of a 'happening' is that there is little distance between the viewer and it, whatever 'it' is. It's an experience that's on-going and evolving.

Our compulsive hunger always to know first, speak first and decide first has only been amplified by the fact that we can now all participate instantly in a virtual version of a national cocktail-party conversation on Twitter, Facebook and blogs.

Opera was the cinema of its time, so to bring back that popular appeal, you just need to unleash its visceral immediacy and excitement. Most productions don't manage that - but when an opera does do it, you never forget it.

Perhaps this very instant is your time.

They don't want to wait their turn. They don't want to work their way up the ladder. They want what they want now

No other road, no other way, No day but today!

I had today so what does tomorrow matter!

The reason I'm an I.B.M.-type guy today is that I really needed a laptop back in 1986, and I just couldn't wait for the Powerbook.

The camera reacts with the speed of a human being rather than somebody who knows what's going to happen next. And that lets the comedy and drama play in a way which I think subliminally makes you feel like you're in the room.

Everything in my life happens really fast.