"The joy of the mind is the measure of its strength."

-- Ninon de L'Enclos

#Joy Quotes #Mind Quotes

“I've tried like hell to make bad movies good, and I can't. Maybe Marlon Brando has been able to do that at times. But even he has a hard time making 'The Appaloosa' a good movie.”
“People who have tried it, tell me that a clear conscience makes you very happy and contented; but a full stomach does the business quite as well, and is cheaper, and more easily obtained.”
“My show is an anti-show and the audience have to want to listen. I'm sitting down, there's only one of me, I don't talk much to the audience and it is very quiet. I wouldn't be able to do that kind of show if people didn't know me and my material.”
“Writing is a solitary existence. Making a movie is controlled chaos - thousands of moving parts and people. Every decision is a compromise. If you're writing and you don't like how your character looks or talks, you just fix it. But in a movie, if there's something you don't like, that's tough.”
“Alone in her shelter, she allowed herself tears. When her shelter cooled to the touch she called to Gull, â€œComing out!â€ She eased her head out into the smoky air, looked over at Gull. She imaged they both looked like a couple of sweaty, parboiled turtles climbing out of their shells. â€œHello, gorgeous.â€ She laughed. It hurt her throat, but she laughed. â€œHey, handsome.”
“The kind of doctor I want is one who when he's not examining me is home studying medicine.”
“Many modern (so-called) Reformers are just as dangerous as the physician who makes a wrong diagnosis of a disease. They see the trouble from without and prescribe external remedies, while the cause of the trouble is within and needs internal treatment.”
“I just want to touch people's ears. I want to touch people's lives. I want to give them something they can release to towards their anger.”

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