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More Quotes

Quotes on wanting and having more.

These quotes explore the idea of 'more' - a director admitting to more confidence behind the camera than as a writer, and a novelist noting how fictional characters can carry more vitality than the people around them. Related pages include Life Quotes.

The less subsidy we have, the more the 'producers' take over, and the 'bottom line' becomes the raison d'etre. That's quite an unappealing landscape for artists.

Quotes by Marianne Elliott

I think theater is so undervalued. I have seen things there that have been far more vivid than things that actually have happened.

Quotes by Marianne Elliott

I've simplified much more in my writing. I say what I've got to say, not in metaphor.

Quotes by Marianne Faithfull

Life has changed. People have changed. They are more forgiving, less inclined to rush to judgment. And I have changed.

Quotes by Marianne Faithfull

I'm alive today, I'm well, I'm working, I'm still creative. What more can I say, really?

Quotes by Marianne Faithfull

I've been told that 'Midnight at the Oasis' has been responsible for the conception of more children than any other song of the '70s.

Quotes by Maria Muldaur

In TV writing, I felt like Gulliver being tied down by the Lilliputians. There's so much more freedom in fiction writing.

Quotes by Maria Semple

If I had written something, and I had written myself into a corner, I didn't abandon it. Because I remembered: There's always more.

Quotes by Maria Semple

Much of the time in the writer's room is spent working on story, and I was always challenging myself to make it more interesting, tighter and more surprising: to come at it sideways in a way that the audience wasn't...

Quotes by Maria Semple

The more matches I play, the more confident I get.

Quotes by Maria Sharapova

Poetry has always been made to seem kind of cultish. But the truth is, everybody really loves it! It's much more mainstream than anyone thought.

Quotes by Maria Shriver

I work out more during a full four hours of a football game than I ever do in my workouts.

Quotes by Maria Taylor

Even now that I only have one eye, maybe I see more things than before. My life was completely against the clock, a fight against the stopwatch.

Quotes by Maria de Villota

Women are often expected to be more amiable or more pleasing or more submissive than men generally.

Quotes by Maria Doyle Kennedy

I think everybody likes to play the villain. They're always much more interesting characters.

Quotes by Maria Doyle Kennedy

Surely it is much more generous to forgive and remember, than to forgive and forget.

Quotes by Maria Edgeworth

We have a hunger of the mind which asks for knowledge of all around us, and the more we gain, the more is our desire; the more we see, the more we are capable of seeing.

Quotes by Maria Mitchell

I have just gone over my comet computations again, and it is humiliating to perceive how very little more I know than I did seven years ago when I first did this kind of work.

Quotes by Maria Mitchell

The Southern character is opposed to haste. Safety is of more worth than speed, and there is no hurry.

Quotes by Maria Mitchell

Yesterday I had a Shaker visitor, and today a Catholic; and the more I see and hear, the less do I care about church doctrines.

Quotes by Maria Mitchell

Frequently Asked Questions

What kind of quotes are on the "More" page?
These are quotes about degree and comparison — someone admitting they have more confidence as a director than as a writer, a reflection on being "more like that" (exclusive, echo-chamber thinking) in their early twenties, and an appreciation for how horror films need a little more craft than people give them credit for.
Is this page about self-comparison?
Largely, yes — several of these quotes involve comparing one part of yourself to another, like confidence in one skill versus another, or how you've changed since your twenties. Me quotes covers similar self-reflective ground.
Is there a quote here about creative work?
Yes — the ones about directing versus writing, and about films like 'Friday the 13th' needing more craft than they get credit for, both touch on creative work and how it's judged.
How does "More" differ from <a href="/like-quotes">Like</a> quotes?
"Like" is about preference and similarity, while "More" is specifically about comparison and degree — doing something more than, or being more of, something else.
What if I want quotes about consistency instead of comparison?
Try Always quotes for that angle, or Life quotes for something broader.

Other lines touch on needing a little more of something, whether it's craft in filmmaking or personal growth over time. Continue with Like Quotes or Me Quotes.