"Any order is a balancing act of extreme precariousness."

-- Walter Benjamin

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“The characters I didn't have actors in mind for, that was the scary moment. Because in any production, until you find the right person, you're constantly judging your writing or what it is that isn't working here or not clicking here, because you have amazing actors coming to read for it, and if something's not clicking, it can't be them because they're amazing actors. You're sort of completely doubting yourself.”
“The documentation about the work isn't of real importance to me either. I've done lots of works without taking photographs.”
“Only the strongest players can swim in the shark-infested waters of the Masters' Seas.”

Source : Victor Niederhoffer (1998). “The Education of a Speculator”, p.168, John Wiley & Sons
“I think I'm going to put together a compilation under Disney's name of my songs that I've done for them - because I've done six or seven by now! The latest was for the Princess Diaries 2 soundtrack. So that's the next thing that's coming out.”
“It is a mistake to think you cant be hurt if you don't care”

Source : Errol Flynn, Jeffrey Meyers (2002). “My Wicked, Wicked Ways: The Autobiography of Errol Flynn”, p.411, Rowman & Littlefield
“Change is constant in a progressive country.”
“Youâ€™re not likely to err by practicing too much of the cross.”
“I haven't any sort of plans for the future but I reckon things will work out in some manner.”

Source : Dashiell Hammett (2002). “Selected Letters of Dashiell Hammett, 1921-1960”, Counterpoint Press

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