"with all these tentpoles, franchises, reboots and sequels, is there still room for movies in the movie business?"

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Source : Lynda Obst (2014). “Sleepless in Hollywood: Tales from the New Abnormal in the Movie Business”, p.6, Simon and Schuster

Lynda Obst

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“Writing isn't generally a lucrative source of income; only a few, exceptional writers reach the income levels associated with the best-sellers. Rather, most of us write because we can make a modest living, or even supplement our day jobs, doing something about which we feel passionately. Even at the worst of times, when nothing goes right, when the prose is clumsy and the ideas feel stale, at least we're doing something that we genuinely love. There's no other reason to work this hard, except that love.”

Source : Melissa Scott (1997). “Conceiving the Heavens: Creating the Science Fiction Novel”, Heinemann Drama
“My patience has dreadful chilblains from standing so long on a monument.”
“I love the idea of making a movie for kids but it's got to be that, with my take on it.”
“When you come to the New Testament you can't even swing a cat without hitting three demons and two spirits. And magic becomes something that is everywhere. In the Hebrew Bible this sort of thing doesn't go on.”
“If we change the definition of marriage to be more inclusive, then it is logical to argue that we should broaden the definition so that won't exclude anyone.”
“I love going out dancing. There is nothing better than letting your hair down and staying up far too late, is there?”
“I don't even like to sleep - I feel as if there's too much to do.”

Source : "Legends: James Franco" by Michelle Lhooq and Madeline Rudin, www.interviewmagazine.com. May 3, 2012.
“I love nature, I just don't want to get any of it on me.”

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