Steven Conrad Professions : Screenwriter Born : 1969 Browse All Authors Top 13 quotes by Steven Conrad I don't believe that hard work equals success. It can, and maybe it should, but I know that it doesn't. There's a very slight relationship between the two. Steven Conrad hard-work two believe Don't ever let someone tell you, you can't do something. Not even me. You got a dream, you got to protect it. Steven Conrad pursuit-of-happiness protect dream I think that movies are really fake; they should be fake. I don't think my way is any better than anybody else's way, but I know they're not real. I like to lean into the make-believe aspect of movies. That's why they're better than real life. Steven Conrad real believe thinking It's an absolute myth that early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise. Of course it doesn't. Steven Conrad healthy wise men As an american, you're born aiming so high - boys want to play in the major leagues, girls want to be princesses. We're cultivating little champions. It's like the land of little champions. Steven Conrad princess girl boys One of the things I noticed about the world was - it's funny, in the movie business, you meet a kind of guy who has a lot of money, whether they came by it as an actor or film-studio owner, and you realize these people aren't any smarter than you might be, or any more decent than you might be. It's just this weird fate of the world that it broke one way for someone. Steven Conrad fate guy people I think the challenges should be familiar. They should have some relationship to the feelings. Steven Conrad should-have challenges thinking The people around whom I've lived most of my life, they're similar. They have same expectations of life that aren't exaggerated, they could be accomplished, they could get what they want. But they could not, too. It's not to be taken for granted. Even getting by, and being satisfied, barely, is hard. Steven Conrad taken expectations people I just think that movies are really fake; they should be fake. Steven Conrad fake should thinking I think fate is massive, and it's never really had its place among forces we respect as having control over us. Steven Conrad fate force thinking Being an American, what I've noticed is that we're in such a race. You wake up and you realize you're in the middle of a race, and some people are running right by you. Steven Conrad race running people I think squaring up success to equal money is silly, because it's so undeserved. Steven Conrad equal silly thinking The challenges should be familiar. They should have some relationship to the feelings - like, if a movie's about being demoralized at work, it should feel familiar to people, whether you're a roofer or a lifeguard. But there's a million different ways to be demoralized, especially at work. Steven Conrad should-have challenges people Similar Authors Irving Brecher screenwriter Bill Kelly screenwriter Bruce Joel Rubin screenwriter Burt Prelutsky screenwriter Budd Schulberg screenwriter Bryan Fuller screenwriter All Authors
