"The most interesting things are always happening behind one."

-- Iris Murdoch

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“It's so beautifully arranged on the plate - you know someone's fingers have been all over it.”
“We rule out raising taxes this year.”
“I think women should support each other's work, encourage each other's work, help develop each other's voices and I think, ultimately, when we can stop having the conversation about 'women filmmakers', and just talk about 'filmmakers', then we'll know we've really gotten somewhere.”

Source : Source: blogs.indiewire.com
“If I were a first rate writer, I wouldn't mind a bit. What does depress me is this: it is so desperately hard and so obsessive and so lonely to write that, in return for all this work, one would like a little self satisfaction. And that is never going to come, for the simple reason that I do not deserve it. I cannot be a good enough writer. You see? I call it grim. But the future looks awfully clear to me.”
“You don't hear things that are bad about your company unless you ask. It is easy to hear good tidings, but you have to scratch to get the bad news.”

Source : Thomas J. Watson, Peter Petre (2013). “Father, Son & Co.: My Life at IBM and Beyond”, p.386, Bantam
“I understand some of the people's impatience with the show last year. I think that Lisa's (Lili Taylor) story line (marrying Nate with minimal motivation in season three) became a little bit of a diversion - and that happens. It happens in every show.”
“Home is where you can be yourself.”

Source : Adam Gidwitz (2013). “In a Glass Grimmly”, p.171, Random House
“Future generations will look back on TV as the lead in the water pipes that slowly drove the Romans mad.”

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