"The producers and I first talked about the Big Fish musical, right before we did the first test screening of the movie. I said, "I think there's a Broadway musical here." And really, from that day, we started figuring out how we would do it."

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John August

#Thinking Quotes #Musical Quotes #Big Fish Quotes

“Most governments are pragmatic, most people are logical. There are pockets of extremism in Israel, in the U.S. and in the Muslim world. But we have to fight them with reason, with logic and with compassion.”

Source : "Saudi Prince Urges Ground Zero Mosque Be Moved" by Cindy E. Rodriguez, abcnews.go.com. October 28, 2010.
“Our scientific world is our world of reasoning. It has its greatness and uses and attractions. We are ready to pay homage due to it. But when it claims to have discovered the real world for us and laughs at the worlds of all simple-minded men, then we must say it is like a general grown intoxicated with his power, usurping the throne of his king”
“On the other hand, I mean, that is what writers have always been supposed to do, was to rely on their own devices and to - I mean, writing is a lonely business.”
“I think the refugee problem is Europe is vastly worse than we have in the United States.”

Source : Source: abcnews.go.com
“The scrutiny we give other people should be for ourselves.”
“What is it you want to change? Your hair, your face, your body? Why? For God is in love with all those things and he might weep when they are gone.”
“I live in a Mobile Home - I've never had a house, except once; I rented a log cabin.”
“Nerves and butterflies are fine - they're a physical sign that you're mentally ready and eager. You have to get the butterflies to fly in formation, that's the trick.”

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