Roberta Williams Quotes

I did love horror films from the '70s and '80s. That was my sweet spot.

The fact of the matter is I always have a really high sense of responsibility to the reader, whether it's a few readers that I get or a lot of readers, which I was lucky enough to get with 'Olive.' I feel responsible to them, to deliver something as truthful and straight as I can.

Faith is an act of rational choice, which determines us to act as if certain things were true, and in the confident expectation that they will prove to be true.

The hardcore fans have hung with us because they go, 'Hey, they don't disappoint.' And we stick to that style.

I think, specifically with the horror genre, you have to make it very believable because it can come across ridiculous.

You just have to know your story from the beginning. You have to know what you're going for and be honest with people about that. Don't sit there and say you're gonna be a DIY punk band for your whole life and then move on to arenas; you can't do that because then people don't trust you anymore.

I love the horror genre. I consider myself a genre filmmaker. I love genre, but I think there's a certain amount of complacency that comes with watching a genre film; people know what the devices are. They know what the tropes are. They know the conventions.

It's not that I'm not a horror fan, it's just that the horror scripts I've been sent have been rubbish and obvious. Because they usually are in horror films - it's just about scare factor. You're always one step ahead, you know who's going to die first, you know who's going to survive, you're going to get a jump every twenty minutes.

No man can produce great things who is not thoroughly sincere in dealing with himself, who would not exchange the finest show for the poorest reality, who does not so love his work that he is not only glad to give himself for it, but finds rather a gain than a sacrifice in the surrender.

Life may be given in many ways, and loyalty to truth be sealed as bravely in the closet as the field.

I certainly will make sure that everybody understands that I'm the prime minister of all of Israel's citizens, and I really believe that. It's something that my actions have shown. It's not a question of fence-mending, it's a question of real belief, and it's there. I don't have to fabricate it.

Love is the passionate search for a truth other than your own; and once you feel it, honestly and completely, love is forever.

Not all horror fans love Evil Dead because of the humor, at least not me.

Follow the truth to life and love what you do... Be passionate about it to the point where you’re willing to do anything for it.

We don't have to live up to the expectations of others. Passion is personal. As long as our passion is fueled with the right stuff then keep on plodding forward. I'll never be Mark Twain or Tom Clancy. But that's okay, because neither of them could teach you to mix a boundless number of grays, or where to place the catch light in a portrait.

I thought deeply about this. I ended up concluding that the worst thing that could possibly happen as we get big and as we get a little more influence in the world is if we change our core values and start letting it slide, I can't do that. I'd rather quit.

Something always happens. You still have to promise stuff anyway. If you have to work to make the promises true... it's like a spell. You have to say the words every time you want the results.

I want people to hear or watch something I've done and feel that I've given it everything I've got.

Your work should be an act of love, not a marriage of convenience.

All I try to do in the press is to be honest about something that I really care about.

Be passionate and be involved in what you believe in, and do it as thoroughly and honestly and fearlessly as you can.

I wouldn't give a performer something I couldn't deliver myself.

People value religion on the basis of cost, and they don't value the cheapest ones the most. Religions that ask nothing get nothing.

Grace is having a commitment to- or at least an acceptance of- being ineffective and foolish. That our bottled charm is the main roadblock to drinking that clear cool glass of love.

I live by the motto, 'To whom much is given, much is required.' I know that people are counting on me. That's why I have to keep working hard.