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I'm responding to the will of the people.


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Films have degenerated to their original operation as carnival amusement - they offer not drama but thrills.

Films have degenerated to their original operation as carnival amusement - they offer not drama but thrills.



The Oscars demonstrate the will of the people to control and judge those they have elected to stand above them (much, perhaps, as in bygone days, an election celebrated the same).

The Oscars demonstrate the will of the people to control and judge those they have elected to stand above them (much, perhaps, as in bygone days, an election celebrated the same).



Every scene should be able to answer three questions: "Who wants what from whom? What happens if they don't get it? Why now?"

Every scene should be able to answer three questions: "Who wants what from whom? What happens if they don't get it? Why now?"



When the three branches of government have failed to represent the citizenry and the mass of the media has failed to represent the citizenry, then the citizenry better represent the citizenry.

When the three branches of government have failed to represent the citizenry and the mass of the media has failed to represent the citizenry, then the citizenry better represent the citizenry.



Forget narrative, backstory, characterisation, exposition, all of that. Just make the audience want to know what happens next.

Forget narrative, backstory, characterisation, exposition, all of that. Just make the audience want to know what happens next.



It is the writer’s job to make the play interesting. It is the actor’s job to make the performance truthful.

It is the writer’s job to make the play interesting. It is the actor’s job to make the performance truthful.



Opportunity may knock, but it seldom nags.

Opportunity may knock, but it seldom nags.



We must have a pie. Stress cannot exist in the presence of a pie.

We must have a pie. Stress cannot exist in the presence of a pie.



People may or may not say what they mean... but they always say something designed to get what they want.

People may or may not say what they mean... but they always say something designed to get what they want.



Being a writer in Hollywood is like going to Hitler's Eagle Nest with a great idea for a bar mitzvah.

Being a writer in Hollywood is like going to Hitler's Eagle Nest with a great idea for a bar mitzvah.





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As my dad said, you have an obligation to leave the world better than how you found it. And he also reminded us to be givers in this life, and not takers.

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Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where noone notices the contrast of white on white.

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A theory is the more impressive the greater is the simplicity of its premises, the more different are the kinds of things it relates and the more extended the range of its applicability.

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In the Renaissance there wasn't a distinction. Bernini was an artist and he made architecture, and Michelangelo also did some great architecture.

In the Renaissance there wasn't a distinction. Bernini was an artist and he made architecture, and Michelangelo also did some great architecture.



It is my contention that civil disobediences are nothing but the latest form of voluntary association, and that they are thus quite in tune with the oldest traditions of the country.

It is my contention that civil disobediences are nothing but the latest form of voluntary association, and that they are thus quite in tune with the oldest traditions of the country.



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This president goes into office with more expectations than any president I can ever remember in my lifetime.-2008

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I like to address the fears of my culture. I believe it's good to face the enemy, for the enemy is fear.

I like to address the fears of my culture. I believe it's good to face the enemy, for the enemy is fear.




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