Cameron Crowe Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“I think there's always satisfaction that comes from digging in and telling a story and being on the front line and writing about it. I think there's a venue available if you look. Even print journalism is in good shape in areas.”

“I have my problems with 'Singles'. To me, 'Singles' is the least successful of the movies I've been lucky enough to make.”

“I always wanted to tell the story of how Pearl Jam is the story of lightning striking twice. As well as being the flipside of the classic rock tale where great promise ends in tragedy. This is where tragedy begins great promise.”

“Stars arrive on their own timetable.”

“And I liked that whole idea that energy comes from not disseminating your ideas and talking about them.”

“I'm proudest of the fact that I've been able to make a few movies in the studio system that are slightly unorthodox and personal. But it's never quite as easy as you dream that it could be.”

“Great music is its own movie, already. And the challenge, as a music fan, is to keep the song as powerful as it wants to be, to not tamper with it and to somehow give it a home.”

“It's more like can I build a group of characters and can I tell some universal truths that feel real and aren't formulaic in the spirit of filmmakers gone by who've told American stories that were personal and universal as well.”

“I always loved movies, but I never thought I would presume to be a screenwriter and definitely not a director.”

“In the future, everybody is going to be a director. Somebody's got to live a real life so we have something to make a movie about.”