Michael Marcus famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

  • I must stress here the point that I appreciate clarity, order, meaning, structure, rationality: they are necessary to whatever provisional stability we have, and they can be the agents of gradual and successful change.

  • There is absolutely no greater high than challenging the power structure as a nobody, giving it your all, and winning. I think I've learned that lesson twice now. The essence of successful revolution, be it for an individual, a community of individuals, or a nation, depends on accepting that challenge.

  • A successful film is a good film, and a non-successful film is a bad film. It's as simple as that.

  • I, personally, am trying to get more and more involved with the gay and lesbian movement, very much so.

  • Good satire goes beyond the specific point it’s trying to make and teaches you how to think critically. Even after your favorite cartoonist retires or [Stephen] Colbert wraps it up, you’re not left believing everything they’re telling you.

  • Right now I'm doing four shows at a time, trying to read four outlines every week, four scripts every week, and watching four rough cuts; it's a lot of good work. It's fun to do it, but it does wear you out.

  • Trust me--with women worth the being won, The softest lover ever best succeeds.

  • Without the assistance of that Divine Being...I cannot succeed. With that assistance I cannot fail.

  • I don't know what drives me to succeed.

  • Preferential affirmative action patronizes American blacks, women, and others by presuming that they cannot succeed on their own. Preferential affirmative action does not advance civil rights in this country.