Sheila Nevins Quotes and Sayings - Page 1

“I am grieved that these continuing stories are everyday matters swept away,”
-- Sheila Nevins

Source : "Jordan Davis Documentary '3 1/2 Minutes' Heading to HBO" by Daniel Kreps, www.rollingstone.com. January 31, 2015.

#Everyday Quotes #Matter Quotes #Stories Quotes

“To me, I read good reviews in lots of papers and bad reviews in lots of papers.”
-- Sheila Nevins

Source : "HBO Docs President Sheila Nevins Talks West Memphis Three, New Oscar Rules, Sundance, Abramovic". Interview with Anne Thompson, www.indiewire.com. February 22, 2012.

#Paper Quotes #Reviews Quotes #Papers Quotes

“I want a documentary to crest by being voted on by 6000 people who are in the business of telling stories.”
-- Sheila Nevins

Source : "HBO Docs President Sheila Nevins Talks West Memphis Three, New Oscar Rules, Sundance, Abramovic". Interview with Anne Thompson, www.indiewire.com. February 22, 2012.

#People Quotes #Want Quotes #Telling Stories Quotes

“I'm an instant responder. Somebody told me I'm a living Twitter. I'm quick to respond and quick to fill air.”
-- Sheila Nevins

Source : "HBO Docs President Sheila Nevins Talks West Memphis Three, New Oscar Rules, Sundance, Abramovic". Interview with Anne Thompson, www.indiewire.com. February 22, 2012.

#Air Quotes #Instant Quotes

“I do less-fanciful reality. I celebrate the fat, the ugly, the women who can't get guys. I'm not trying to entertain you; I'm trying to make you passionate.”
-- Sheila Nevins

#Reality Quotes #Guy Quotes #Trying Quotes

“It’s precisely the people who are considered the least ‘likely’ leaders who end up inspiring others the most. Everyday people and everyday acts of courage eventually change everything.”

“Everyday hundreds of people came to the hospital... dying, and I have to introduce life into them again... my duty was to compete with death.”

“The problem isn't so much finding good ideas (there is no shortage) as embedding the ones we have into everyday practice.”

“It’s in how you carry yourself. I’ve always been a very mature person, and I’ve always known what I wanted. And I go after it no matter what.”

“No matter where I am, I will always be there when you need me.”

Source : Abbi Glines (2013). “Breathe”, p.101, Simon and Schuster

“Psychotherapy, unlike castor oil, which will work no matter how you get it down, is useless when forced on an uncooperative patient.”

“No matter what ailed you, you went to see the barber surgeon who wound up cupping you, bleeding you, purging you. And, oh yes, if you wanted, he would give you a haircut and pull your tooth while he was at it.”

“Every shrink knows that it's not the event itself but how you respond to it that tells the story. Take ten assorted individuals, expose them all to the same life trial, and they will each suffuse it with exquisite personal detail and meaning.”

Source : A.S.A. Harrison (2013). “The Silent Wife”, p.240, Hachette UK

“There's a great tradition in storytelling that's thousands of years old, telling stories about kings and their palaces, and that's really what I wanted to do.”

“Of course, I'm not allowed to talk about the script, but I can say it is a really good story.”