#shorter

I enjoy total creative control right now. Nobody tells me to make it longer, shorter, better, sexier, more violent, whatever. ↗

— Ken Burns

#control #creative #creative control #enjoy #i

If there were a better, clearer, shorter way of saying what the fiction says, then why not scrap the fiction? ↗

— J. M. Coetzee

#clearer #fiction #saying #says #scrap

I think the rigors of a TV schedule are brutal and 'Six Feet Under' wasn't a network schedule. We did 13 shows, we didn't do 22. I don't know how people do that. I really don't. I mean the shows are shorter, but wow, it's quite a discipline. ↗

— Frances Conroy

#did #discipline #feet #how #i

The faster you go, the shorter you are. ↗

— Albert Einstein

#go #shorter #you

The dominant theory coming out of Hollywood is that peoples' attention spans are getting shorter and shorter and they need more stimulation. ↗

— Brian Eno

#attention spans #coming #dominant #getting #hollywood

Good company in a journey makes the way seem shorter. ↗

— Izaak Walton

#good #good company #journey #makes #seem

In general, shorter is better. If you can encapsulate your idea into a single captivating sentence, you're halfway home. ↗

— Len Wein

#captivating #encapsulate #general #halfway #home

It doesn't seem as if there's that much of a difference between a big production and a little production, other than you have a smaller space in which to get dressed and you have a shorter waiting time. ↗

— Jennifer Beals

#big #difference #dressed #get #little

I think everybody else in Hollywood, including network execs, has the opportunity to ask for a raise or a change in scenery in a much shorter time frame than actors. But I do think the networks have to protect themselves. ↗

— Jorja Fox

#change #else #everybody #everybody else #frame

The present letter is a very long one, simply because I had no leisure to make it shorter. ↗

— Blaise Pascal

#had #i #leisure #letter #long