"Perhaps what you call conventionality, I call decency."

-- Dodie Smith

#Conventionality Quotes #Decency Quotes

“Everyone gets knocked back, no one rises smoothly to the top without hindrance. The ones who succeed are those who say, right, letâ€™s give it another go.”
“I love a star print. I always get a lurch if I see a nice one.”
“I accept all interpretations of my films. The only reality is before the camera. Each film I make is kind of a return to poetry for me, or at least an attempt to create a poem.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“There is already too much truth in the world - an overproduction which apparently cannot be consumed!”
“We've been taught in America that big is best. That's why people have to believe that they must live in the greatest country in the world, which is absolutely idiotic.”

Source : Interview with Amitabh Pal, www.sharedhost.progressive.org. September 26, 2005.
“Life is short. You better get out there and do what you want to do while you can.”
“It's not necessarily what a family is typically supposed to look like. But it is what it is. It's about a connection and bond that everyone can identify with.”
“There is parody, when you make fun of people who are smarter than you; satire, when you make fun of people who are richer than you; and burlesque, when you make fun of both while taking your clothes off.”

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