J.D. Roth Quotes

I need to eliminate 'like' from my vocabulary. I begin sentences with, 'That's seriously like ' I hear myself talking in this Los Angeles high-school student kind of way, and I hate it.

One of the great joys of life, now that you can afford a nice suit, is getting one for free. That's why I like to do press tours - I always say making movies is just an excuse to get free clothing.

I love movies that have that resonating scare, that really get under your skin and make you think.

It's just assumed that a horror sequel is going to be bad. It's never going to be as good as the first one.

I think you should make movies as long as the story dictates.

I feel like in the '90s, horror just lost its way and everything became so safe and watered-down.

I hear what people say, I read all the reviews, all the blogs, and I am always curious to hear it, because you can't always listen to the good press, you have to hear the bad press, too.

Sometimes you have this tragedy which turns into an incredible opportunity.

I want a movie that 30 years from now, people can look back and see it as a reflection of where the culture was at - as a barometer of the culture.

Imagine trying to relive your worst break-up, your worst fight, the most painful death of a loved one, and just really relive it step by step, and bring it up and apply it to the scene you're in.

I want to have an ending where people say: "That's the most shocking ending I've ever seen in a mainstream horror film."

I think in the late '80s and early '90s horror was dead.

All the copycat movies were always PG-13 and people said: "Nobody wants violence."

Quentin Tarantino faced the same backlash when his films came out until eventually people felt they were actually much smarter.

I always feel that there's no violence in a movie - it's not real, it's a magic trick. Nobody is really dying. In fact, the people that die in my movies have gone on to become extremely successful!

I want it to be able to hold up in 30 years' time. So, I'm really thinking about everything.

I think part of being a good screenwriter is being as concise as possible.

You will never stop wanting more until you allow yourself to have what you already have. To take it in. Savor it. Now is a good time to do that . . .

How you eat is how you live. How you do anything is how you do everything.

The problem isn't that we have bodies; the problem is that we're not living in them.

Just because we live in an insane culture doesn't mean we have to be insane too.

Take time to thank your body.

Separate the desire to be thin from the desire to be cherished.

We're always looking for the Big Love, the Big High, the next Big Thing to happen. We miss what's in front of us.

If there are any cages in this marriage, it is I who have built them. And I who hold the key to their locks.

Just because we form an opinion about ourselves, or anyone else, doesn't mean it is true.

I live between fearing doom and wishing for it.

It's the nature of hearts to break. It's in their job description. When a heart is doing what it's supposed to be doing, it holds nothing back. And sometimes it gets broken.

Change, if it is to be long lasting, must occur on the unseen levels first

Its not so much that we believe what we see, but that we see what we believe

We eat the way we live.

After initial needs are met—enough food, shelter, comfort—there is no correlation between money and happiness. That's a difficult thing for people to believe.

We are strong where we were broken.

Chocolate, I am sure, is the concrete manifestation of love.

Be fully present for five minutes every day.

The process is the goal.

The purpose of healing is to live while you are alive instead of dying while you are alive. Healing is about being broken and whole at the same time.

We are using the food as a doorway to understanding the rest of our lives.

You can be aware of your past without being it.

Your body is the piece of the Universe youve been given.

If you treat your feelings with as much love as you treat your dog or your cat or your child you'll feel as if you were living in heaven.

Hell is wanting to be somewhere different from where you are.

If LOVE could talk to you about your relationship with food, what would it say?

It's important to focus on the good in life and appreciate it.

We start eating, watch television, surf the Internet, or go shopping and buy something. That gives us a rush of feeling, some adrenaline and excitement.

We always want to change the channel in our minds because we don't like what's going on. It's uncomfortable.

I feel like it's been important for me to use my own personal experiences with food and money to help people to not feel ashamed. I felt so much shame about my own experiences.

How you eat is how you live.

It's not what we say is a priority, but what we actually DO that's a priority.

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