Style Style is something that's extremely important, but it must grow naturally out of who and what you are and what the material calls for. It cannot be superimposed. - William Friedkin
The informing idea of what you want to say and do, that's what will take you from film school to professional - the idea. That's what is original to you. - William Friedkin
I tend to be attracted to characters who are up against a wall with very few alternatives. And the film then becomes an examination of how they cope with very few options. And that's, I guess, what interests me in terms of human behavior. - William Friedkin
I don't know about the rest of you, but I feel pressed and tense almost every day of my life about something or other. And I think it's the one thing, as I look into people's eyes, that I think I share with almost everybody. - William Friedkin
If I make two films in a year, they'll be different. This is my style - I can't have just one way. - Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Every violinist has a different style, so it's important to be able to recognise their styles. You don't have to like everyone's style but you have to know these styles. - Ruggiero Ricci
Like, I kind of developed my musical style in a vacuum. Even though I listen to a lot of stuff, the way I wrote was in my bedroom, really privately. It's still the way I write, actually. - Liz Phair
I adapted an antiquated style and modernized it to something that was efficient. I didn't know anyone else in the world would be able to use it and I never imagined it would revolutionize the event. - Dick Fosbury
Over the years I attempted to make my style a bit more relaxed 'cause the initial style you couldn't watch for more than ten minutes without wanting to kill me. - Jo Brand