Quotes About Realism

He who awaits much can expect little.

I want to do action which is larger than life but has a touch of reality.

As a mom, I want to be that mother that steers her children to be whatever they want to be, but also lets them know that the world will never give them anything.

I think it's important to know your limitations too.

I know my limitations.

Film in many ways is very literal.

I really like shooting in real locations.

In the long run, it is better to understand the way the world really is rather than how we would like it to be.

I always like when things are loosely based on real events. That always makes it more interesting because there's a lot of research you can do.

My love life isn't that exciting or interesting.

Very few women manage to have it all; certainly not all at once.

Don't fall in love with the map. The map doesn't win elections.

I would never marry for feelings and love.

Settle for what you can get, but first ask for the World. - Ka'a Ort'o, Gnomic Utterances, Civ

I don't want to disarm the world, she said. Or I do want to disarm the world but I want it to be done warily and realistically and in the full knowledge of what we're giving up.

I think our society puts too much pressure on romantic love, and that is why so many romances fail. Romance can't possibly carry all that we want it to.

If we begin our day believing life is supposed to be easy, we will certainly have a terrible day. Life is not easy, nor was it ever supposed to be.

The most important way you attain this end is by presenting each scene moment by moment, leaving nothing out, because there is no summary in real life, and you can't have any summary in the scene, either, if you are shooting for maximum lifelikeness and reader involvement.

I think that's what distinguishes Schmidt, really. In the movies now, so much of what is appealing to an audience is the dramatic or has to do with science fiction, and Schmidt is simply human. There's no melodrama there's no device, It's just about a human being.

I'm a strict materialist - but the police are brutal materialists.

Those who count on the good will of mankind display a delirious, idealistic optimism. Centuries of history, despite the facts, have not been able to convince them of the contrary; reason certainly will not change them. But they are so far removed from reality that their opinion is negligible.

I think in many ways the problem that my writing would have with an American reviewer is that Americans find difficulty very hard to take. They are inevitably looking for a happy ending. Perversely, I will not give the happy ending. I think life is difficult and that's that.

We have to deal with the world as it is, not as we wish it were.

Evaluation eliminates frustration. We should also evaluate unrealistic expectations. Unrealistic expectations become unmet expectations. And unmet expectations are like kindling wood-it only takes but a spark of frustration to set them ablaze and burn those involved.