Issue Driven Quotes

A lot of people are driven by an interest by one particular issue or a small number of specific issues rather than a candidate or a party or something broader.

I hear filmmakers saying, 'I wanted to make to make a film about this issue, or this theme,' but I never start like that.

If I come across an issue, or something I feel strongly about, and I happen to think of a song that would go in that direction, then I do it. But that's not what I start out, necessarily, to do. Sometimes I may have an idea for a song - "Well, I'm going to write about a thing.

I'm driven by issues, not driven to be political.

I definitely promise to always make films about issues that matter to me.

When I started acting, I thought everything should be issue-based and that there should be a helpline at the end of every program.

I happen to think most people go into government do it for the right reasons and they really do things as they see them on the merits of the issues.

My motivation for running for Senate was not for the stature of being a senator, but because I wanted to make a difference on issues I feel passionate about.

I choose my films carefully. I have done movies that are sensitive, which deal with some issue and are a mirror of society.

When you make an exploitation film, you always want to have a real issue. That's how they were always done.

I don't make that hard and fast distinction between political and nonpolitical writing. I write about what bothers me.

Events rather than politicians have put important issues on the table.

I don't ever approach anything from the issue first, so I can't tell you that I've thought about tackling universal health care. I'd have to have some great story I'd want to tell, and then universal health care would become part of the way to tell that story.

We don't see ourselves as liberal or conservative. We consider ourselves an outlet that addresses the issues that matter the most to our audience.

I'm not a person that just supports an issue; I go out and work for it.