"And how deeply do I let business considerations affect [screenwriting] choices that might otherwise be more or less esthetic? . . . Do I choose the upbeat rather than the downer ending because I know it will score better at the preview? Can the idea be sold in a single sentence? Can it compete with space aliens and tornadoes and missions impossible?"

-- Edward Zwick

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“Our posturings, our imagined self-importance , the delusion that we have some privileged position in the universe are challenged by this point of pale light.”
“Foyles War made me realise that Churchill actually had questionable morals; his decisions meant that good people died. It must have weighed heavily on his soul, but he never let his personal demons get in the way of what was best for our country.”
“It's a cultural disability in America that we worship pleasure, leisure, and affluence. I think the church is doubly damned when they use Jesus as a vehicle for achieving all of that. Like, if you give a tithe, He'll make you rich. Why? Are you hacking Him off or something? If you give a tithe, you get rid of ten percent of the root of all evil. You should be giving ninety percent. Cause God can handle money better than we can.”
“Many people can rightfully claim, as much as anyone can rightfully claim anything, that much of their lives have been spent stumbling through a cloud of cluelessness.”
“The flu can definitely set you up for bacterial pneumonias.”

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“The Brooklyn Bridge and I grew up together,”
“But never give your love, my friend, Unto a foolish heart”
“Mike Jack. Who's bad? Aint on my period, but I got a new pad.”

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