Substantial content Quotes

If people want to be better writers, they can't just read the blogs! You've got to look at something that's outside this rushing world of evanescent words.

Success is no proof of virtue. In the case of a book, quick acclaim is presumptive evidence of a lack of substance and originality.

I make it a point to pick films that tell you a story in an engaging way. I can't compromise on the content. The script has to be substantial and impactful.

I have only two conditions to choose a project - content with substance and space to perform.

A book should have an intellectual shape and a heft that comes with dealing with a primary subject.

Unintended Consequences is full of substance, it is one of the must-read books of the year, and once I finish it I will be giving it a second read through right away.

You have to give people something to actually write music so that you're not just running your mouth all the time.

A lot of music you might listen to is pretty vapid, it doesn't always deal with our deeper issues. These are the things I'm interested in now, particularly at my age.

Of two evils, had not an author better be tedious than superficial! From an overflowing vessel you may gather more, indeed, than you want, but from an empty one you can gather nothing.

I don't mind doing genre roles as long as they offer me something substantial.

As far as films are concerned, I would take up only those roles which are challenging and have some substance in them.

The heavy subject matter is the most fun stuff to work with. It's the meaty things, it's the things that you get to get stuck in.

There's a lot of music out there that's like, 'I'm so mad! I'm sad! I'm into skulls and crossbones and the color black,' and that's just meaningless and shallow. So much of metal is about that and it's hard to find metal that is substantial and meaningful in terms of its content.

There's no sense in doing a lot of barking if you don't really have anything to say.

Writers want to be reread. They want to think that their words don't just flash by but deserve some reflection.

I am just not a great fan of the Piers Morgan format. I would rather do something a bit more substantial.

I have always had a long term view on records as I want them to be books and not magazines and newspapers that you discard very quickly.

I think Chappelle set the bar when he came out with his show. To be as great as him or greater you have to push it a little further - as long as there's substance in terms of the material.

I have no qualms about doing any kind of role as long as it is substantial.

Preach not because you have to say something, but because you have something to say.

I think that complicated, nuanced, deep, heavy - that's the place to go. That's what makes a great show. That's what all of us deal with in life.

The important thing is, you have to have something important to say about the world.

I see young people being dismissed for supposedly wanting only "stupid" and "easy" material, or that they don't have an attention span longer than three minutes. I disagree with all those statements; I just think they aren't true. I'm saying that our generation wants stuff that is substantial and challenging, as well as thoughtful and endearing. Well, I don't know if I'm doing that, but I'm trying.