James Murphy Quotes

I see myself as a technical person who chose a great project and a great way of doing that project.

I think of myself as an engineer, not as a visionary or 'big thinker.' I don't have any lofty goals.

I don't consider myself to be particularly gifted in the way that other filmmakers are gifted.

I also know that I am not a great technician.

I am aware that I am not extraordinarily gifted in terms of technique.

Even if you're going into a field that has nothing to do with computer science, just having that way of analytical thinking and being able to process information and break it down is important no matter what you're doing. Having that knowledge of code is something that you can apply to your daily life.

I was trained to be more technical in Europe because that's the audience. They enjoy a more technical style.

People hear that and say I'm being modest, but I am not a modest person, but I have to be truthful about what I'm doing and what I'm doing is channeling.

I had a lot of trouble with engineers, because their whole background is learning from a functional point of view, and then learning how to perform that function.

The technical is not just the machinery. The technical is a disposition to life.

I like engineering, but I love the creative input.

The manuals we got from IBM would show examples of programs and I knew I could do a heck of a lot better than that. So I thought I might have some talent.

There's actually nothing interesting about me except what I write.

I was always a visual person. I could see things visually. I had a harder time with numbers and logic, and I always had more of an artistic sensibility. So that I could do. And it was something that I really loved.

Over the years I have tried to develop something which is technically assured.

I'm not big on reading directions. I can't do that. I'm just not from that world.

I don't really consider myself a writer.

I'm an artistic person and a creator. I'm not a scientific. I'm not an engineer.

I would never have called myself tech-savvy.

I have no people reporting to me and don't expect to. My competency is in the tech realm.

Relying on nothing but scientific knowledge to produce an engineering solution is to invite frustration at best and failure at worst.

I'm not technical.

I would be better at my job if I were technical.

Our managers need to have a strong integration of managerial skills and technical understanding. One cannot substitute for the other.

Technical people tend to be more 'techie,' and management people are more 'managerial.'