"With 'New Rose Hotel,' I knew that I was getting paid a $100,000 fee to write, produce, and direct, and that's all I was going to get."

-- Abel Ferrara

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“We all agree that its fit to be as Happy as we can, and we need no Instructor to teach us this Knowledge, 'tis born with us, and is inseparable from our Being, but we very much need to be Inform'd what is the true Way to Happiness.”

Source : Mary Astell (2002). “A Serious Proposal to the Ladies”, p.129, Broadview Press
“In any commersial setting time comes in three forms. There's real time, there's perceived time, and there's a combination of two.”
“We have this myth that if you work hard, you can accomplish anything. It's not a very American thing to say, but I don't think that's true. It's true for a lot of people, but you need other things to succeed. You need luck, you need opportunity, and you need the life skills to recognize what an opportunity is.”
“I've never been in charge of my stories, they've always been in charge of me. As each new one has called to me, ordering me to give it voice and form and life, I've followed the advice I've shared with other writers over the years: jump off the cliff and build your wings on the way down.”
“I am making amends and seeking forgiveness. My only hope is that some good can come out of my situation.”
“The moral principles and precepts contained in the Scripture ought to form the basis of all our civil constitutions and laws.”
“I'm the co-chair of the PTA at my kids' school, Ashmount Primary, in north Islington, London.”

Source : "Auditions are hell, but I never thought that I would have to go through 'casting' to get on Newsnight - and fail" by Arabella Weir, www.theguardian.com. May 25, 2006.
“Some people try and tell you what the songs are about and it bores me to death.”

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