Maximillian Degenerez Quotes

I think the foundation of everything in my life is wonder.

No place is boring, if you've had a good night's sleep and have a pocket full of unexposed film.

I like to experiment, and my life has been eventful.

I just really love to do new things and experience new things.

Every man can transform the world from one of monotony and drabness to one of excitement and adventure.

There is that romanticized idea of what a bookstore can be, what a library can be, what a shop can be. And to me, they are that. These are places that open doors into other worlds if only you're open to them.

I've always been inspired by small details that make me wander. My mother would ask me, 'What are you looking at so intensely?' I would answer, 'Everything and nothing.' She really supported my wanderings, called me Marco Polo.

Be brave enough to live life creatively. The creative place where no one else has ever been.

I don't write about things that I have the answers to or things that are very close to home. It just wouldn't be any adventure. It wouldn't have any vitality.

Once, the world was full of mysteries, some of them frightening, some of them wonderful, some of them merely fascinating. Now, it can be a banal and predictable place, the tracks of daily life so well-beaten and defined, our culture awash with the imbecile obvious, our existence suffocating in safety. But mysteries remain.

If there were no mystery left to explore life would get rather dull, wouldn't it?

I think I still have that same drive and determination, the same curiosity and passion for filmmaking that I did when I first started. Every film brings with it unique challenges and experiences, and I approach every one with the same enthusiasm.

Everything I write comes from my childhood in one way or another. I am forever drawing on the sense of mystery and wonder and possibility that pervaded that time of my life.

I'm passionate about learning. I'm passionate about life.

Both the man of science and the man of action live always at the edge of mystery, surrounded by it.

An interest in ideas is a sign of human life. People are fascinated by what the future is going to be - and the future is going to be an accumulation of ideas.

I think at any age, you can stay open and creative and excited.

The Falstaff people, romantics all, went for it. They were so anxious to find out what I was going to do that they could hardly bear to wait out the two weeks. I was rather anxious to find out what I was going to do, too.

My favourite words are possibilities, opportunities and curiosity. I think if you are curious, you create opportunities, and then if you open the doors, you create possibilities.

I would rather live in a world where my life is surrounded by mystery than live in a world so small that my mind could comprehend it.

Life's supposed to be an adventure, a surprise!

I just want to make whatever is exciting.

Victorville gave me opportunity to go inside and explore my imagination a bit.

Buy an atlas and keep it by the bed - remember you can go anywhere.

What I like in this job is you can travel to many places, many imaginations.