Instantaneous Reaction Quotes

I'm energized by this idea that's live television. In the same way as an athlete when they get on the field or on the court, you have to perform in that moment or it's past you and you've missed.

The velocity and knee-jerk response to events happening in real time that television brings us precludes any kind of reflection or contemplation and therefore analysis. And that's been one of the greatest political dangers in the post-war era. The idea of the reasoned, thoughtful response goes out of the window.

That's the absurdity of Twitter. You can react without thinking now.

A film has a sort of life over time, whereas a TV show comes up in your living room, and it's immediate, and people write about it.

The essential thing is to spring forth, to express the bolt of lightning one senses upon contact with a thing. The function of the artist is not to translate an observation but to express the shock of the object on his nature; the shock, with the original reaction.

You know, it's weird being interviewed! Because the weird thing about being interviewed is you get asked these questions that you've never thought about, and you find out what you think as you answer.

When you react to things, that's when you get into trouble and it's tough to completely control a split-second reaction.

Pain reaches the heart with electrical speed, but truth moves to the heart as slowly as a glacier.

At the shock of a joke, everything disappears but the present moment.

It is always the instantaneous reaction to oneself that produces a photograph.

I form opinions quickly.

Pre-meditation can form in split seconds.

I love the rush of doing live TV - you never know what will happen next.

Sometimes when you're just thrown into something, you are more ready for it than when you have time to think it over and get nervous about it.

Football has a thing: You have to decide on an action in a moment, and your head has to be fresh for taking that decision in the moment.