"The public gets not one penny from them in return for those airwaves."

-- Robert Waterman McChesney

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“I learned one thing from De Niro: He taught me to listen. Nobody says anything strictly from the script. It's improvised. It was the best piece of advice I have ever gotten in my life. It has helped me through the past thirty years.”
“Octopuses have hundreds of suckers, each one equipped with its own ganglion with thousands of neurons. These 'mini-brains' are interconnected, making for a widely distributed nervous system. That is why a severed octopus arm may crawl on its own and even pick up food.”
“Being on stage is the best part of my career. I just say whatever comes into my head. It's the only time I feel grown-up and in control of things.”
“The presidency has become a series of visuals I don't know how a woman fits into.”
“I felt film is art and there are people that constructed that art - and that made me want to be a filmmaker.”

Source : "Producer Roundtable: 6 Filmmakers on 'Compton' Threats, Tarantino Outbursts and the Truth Behind a 'Star Wars' 'Firing'". Interview with Stephen Galloway and Matthew Belloni, www.hollywoodreporter.com. November 11, 2015.
“No nation ancient or modern ever lost the liberty of freely speaking, writing, or publishing their sentiments, but forthwith lost their liberty in general and became slaves.”
“I like to create imaginary characters and events around a real historical situation. I want readers to feel: OK, this probably didn't happen, but it might have.”

Source : Interview with Ann Bruns, www.bookreporter.com. December 15, 2000.
“True greatness is measured by how much freedom you give to others, not by how much you can coerce others to do what you want.”

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