#tricks

All the characters in my films are fighting these problems, needing freedom, trying to find a way to cut themselves loose, but failing to rid themselves of conscience, a sense of sin, the whole bag of tricks. ↗

— Michelangelo Antonioni

#characters #conscience #cut #failing #fighting

You're not moving your body the correct way, Here, just let me show you." Though it was the oldest and most shameless trick in the book, he reached over her and put his hand on top of the one that gripped the cure. He then positioned the fingers of her other hand on the wood before lightly gripping her wrist. To Dorian's dismay, his face became warm. His eyes shifted to her, and, to his relief, he found that she was as red as he, if not more so. ↗

— Sarah J. Maas

#moves #tricks #love

You’re not as sexy as I think you are.” She squinted. Wait. That hadn’t come out right. ↗

— Thea Harrison

#tricks #humor

Everything a writer learns about the art or craft of fiction takes just a little away from his need or desire to write at all. In the end he knows all the tricks and has nothing to say. ↗

— Raymond Chandler

#art #away #craft #desire #end

In my experience of these things, parties which shout about dirty tricks and the like tend to do so because they fear a direct hit in some vulnerable part of their political anatomy. ↗

— Peter Mandelson

#anatomy #because #direct #dirty #experience

We dominated Survivor - there is no way we would not dominate that, too. I can see it already, us making deals with people. That's the best part, and with the Race, it would be even more fun because I've got a lot of tricks up my sleeve. ↗

— Rob Mariano

#because #best #best part #deals #dominate

You could get in rehearsals, pre-production, anything that would actually contribute to the understanding of how a film gets made. I actually find those things increase people's interest in a movie and like that better than worrying about showing the tricks behind the curtain. ↗

— Jay Roach

#actually #anything #behind #better #contribute

The nice thing about being a writer is that you can make magic happen without learning tricks. ↗

— Humphrey Carpenter

#being #happen #learning #magic #make

I'm not known for my intellectual range and tricks have been played on me. ↗

— William Sanderson

#i #intellectual #known #me #played

No tricks, gimmicks, special pills, special potions, special equipment. All it takes is desire and will. ↗

— Richard Simmons

#equipment #gimmicks #pills #special #takes