Rich Poor Painful Life

"Life is painful. It's the one experience that unites rich and poor."
Truman Capote
Writer

Life vs Work

"Be regular and orderly in your life so that you may be violent and original in your work."
William Styron
Author, Sophie's Choice

Own Path

"Everyone needs to find out on their own what matters to them."
In-Ah Lee
Film Producer

Simple Great Faith

"The most simple people often have the greatest faith."
In-Ah Lee
Film Producer

Cannes Film Festival

"Cannes is a meat market full of sharks. The red carpet is where they eventually dump after they've taken their bite."
David Mcmahon
Indie Film Producer

Other people's ideas

"That's what I do for a living. I take other people's ideas and make them better."
Barry Diller
Hollywood Mogul

Uncool

"The only true currency in this bankrupt world... is what you share with someone else when you're uncool."
Lester Bangs in Almost Famous

Never Expect The Wind

"One should never expect the wind, but one should always leave the window open."
Wong Kar Wai
Cult Hong Kong Filmmaker
(In The Mood For Love, 2046)

Nobody Knows Anything

"Nobody Knows Anything"
William Goldman, Screenwriter
(Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid, Marathon Man)

Being Local

"If we are local, we'll never be international. If we are international, then we'll truly be local."
Daniel Yun
Mediacorp Raintree Pictures

Martial Arts = selfknowledge

"Knowledge in martial arts actually means self-knowledge."
Bruce Lee

Vengeance is a lazy form of Grief...

A quote from the film The Interpreter
Vengeance is a lazy form of Grief...