"What is a screenplay? 120 pages of begging for money and attention."

-- James Schamus

#Attention Quotes #Begging Quotes

“I explained we lost the porch to the flood. Father hasn't gotten around to rebuilding it, although he's quite a good carpenter. He says if Jesus was a carpenter, its good enough for a clergyman. But I don't remember that Jesus let his house fall down.”
“As long as a thing is unknown, it belongs to us in a way that well-known things do not. For we have the opportunity to fill the empty, unknown spaces for ourselves, and in them there is room for imagination and for hope.”
“I love learning, and I think that curiosity is a wonderful gift.”

Source : "Andie MacDowell: Taking Risks, Staying Curious, Agreeing To Disagree". HuffingtonPost Interview, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 23, 2011.
“So often in TV, when you have an antagonist who's supposed to be the 'big baddie,' it's so easy for them to become cliched.”
“Sex and love are like tea and milk. They can be mixed or they can be taken straight. Each has certain distinctive characteristics, but when they are combined they form a unique substance.”
“Remember to say what you mean, but don't say it meanly.”
“Stories are as unique as the people who tell them, and the best stories are in which the ending is a surprise.”
“I do not think my painting has ever been revolutionary. It was not directed against any kind of painting. I have never wanted to prove that I was right and someone else wrong...”

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