"I had used my sense of humor; I had called it proportion, perspective. But perspective is distance."

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Source : BEL KAUFMAN (1964). “UP THE DOWN STAIRCASE”

Bel Kaufman

#Distance Quotes #Perspective Quotes #Sense Of Humor Quotes

“I am very picky about my food, and I'm very health oriented, so I always try to cook.”
“Chevy Chase had been a bad boy with a drug problem, and had never really realized his potential. Fletch was the first movie he sort of straightened up on. And Michael Ritchie was Harvard-educated, 6'6", a brilliant director and political thinker. He was the guy the studio thought could handle Chevy, and keep him in check. And he could.”

Source : Source: film.avclub.com
“Insanity - a perfectly rational adjustment to an insane world.”
“If you want real peace in the world, start with children.”
“Only once in my life was I on the edge of incivility. I do not like to be unkind.”
“Consistency is very important when you're making films.”
“I started at the top and worked my way down.”

Source : Quoted in Leslie Halliwell, The Filmgoer's Book of Quotes (1973)
“I suppose that's one of the ironies of life doing the wrong thing at the right moment.”

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