"Every screenwriter worthy of the name has already directed his film when he has written his script."

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Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

Joseph L. Mankiewicz

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“It's getting crazier and crazier each day. A lot of people think I'd get aggravated, but I just stay with a smile and keep on. It's the life I chose, and you have to deal with it. If not, change what you're doing.”
“There seems to be more comedy for comedy's sake”
“Blues had the pulse beat of the people who keep on going.”
“A person less fortunate than yourself deserves the best you can give. Because of duty, and honor, and service. You understand those words? You should do your job right, and you should do it well, simply because you can, without looking for notice or reward.”

Source : Lee Child (2015). “The Essential Jack Reacher, Volume 1, 7-Book Bundle: Persuader, The Enemy, One Shot, The Hard Way, Bad Luck and Trouble, Nothing to Lose, Gone Tomorrow”, p.1381, Delacorte Press
“All religions are equally sublime to the ignorant, useful to the politician, and ridiculous to the philosopher.”
“I sing and play guitar and harmonica. I've been doing it for a long time.”
“If it turns out that physical death truly results in the absolute cessation of consciousness, then it would seem to me that in the grand truth of things, every human who has ever lived, who has not committed every minute of their lives toward an effort in finding a cure for mortality, has died as an utter and miserable failure.”
“You can have faith or you can have control, but you cannot have both.”

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