David Bowie on movies

I think fame itself is not a rewarding thing. The most you can say is that it gets you a seat in restaurants.

I had to resign myself, many years ago, that I’m not too articulate when it comes to explaining how I feel about things. But my music does it for me, it really does.

I’ve come to the realisation that I have absolutely no idea what I’m doing half the time.

Sundance is weird. The movies are weird. You actually have to think about them when you watch them.

Britney Spearsborn 1981After walking out of a screening of The Singing Detective (2003) at the Sundance Film Festival; quoted in The Washington Post (31 January 2003) and other newspapers

I wrote a novel this year called Shop Girl, and several producers came to me and wanted to turn it into a movie. And I said, “If you think you’re going to take this book and change it around, and Hollywoodize it and change the ending…that’s going to cost you.”

Steve Martinborn 1945

You know what your problem is? It’s that you haven’t seen enough movies⁠—all of life’s riddles are answered in the movies.

Steve Martinborn 1945