"Basically, if you could get a good trailer out of the script, Roger had no objection to you making a really good movie. He liked it if you did. He liked the more cleverness and ingenuity you could bring to it. He just wasn't going to give you any more money."

-- John Sayles

#Giving Quotes #Good Movie Quotes #Roger Quotes

“Sometimes the presence of a camera is like opening a door, because many people want what Andy Warhol called "15 minutes of fame." But prostitutes don't want that.”
“I think the answer is we all need a little help, and the coffee's a little help with everything â€” social, energy, don't know what to do next, don't know how to start my day, don't know how to get through this afternoon, don't know how to stay alert. We want to do a lot of stuff; we're not in great shape. We didn't get a good night's sleep. We're a little depressed. Coffee solves all these problems in one delightful little cup.”
“In South Africa, success never presented the problems that it presents in New York. In New York, if you happen to be the flavor of the month, a lot of nonsense comes with it into your life.”
“There are several paths one can take, but not every path is open to you.”
“Our possessions are a trust from God. What we clutch tightly, we lose. What we place in His hands, we will possess.”

Source : Phil Callaway “Who Put My Life on Fast-Forward?: How to Slow Down and Start Living Again”, Harvest House Publishers
“I skate just to satisfy my own desire and not care about other peoples desire for me to do well.”
“I think writing really helps you heal yourself. I think if you write long enough, you will be a healthy person. That is, if you write what you need to write, as opposed to what will make money, or what will make fame.”

Source : "Ten rules for writing fiction", www.theguardian.com. February 19, 2010.
“[E]very Man who comes among us, and takes up a piece of Land, becomes a Citizen, and by our Constitution has a Voice in Elections, and a share in the Government of the Country.”

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