"I'm not the slowest writer that you know."

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David Remnick

“We prefer self-government with danger to servitude in tranquility.”
“We have seen a man dragged to death in Texas simply because he was black. A young man murdered in Wyoming simply because he was gay. In the last year alone, we've seen the shootings of African Americans, Asian Americans, and Jewish children simply because of who they were. This is not the American way. We must draw the line. Without delay, we must pass the Hate Crimes Prevention Act and the Employment Non-Discrimination Act. And we should reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act.”
“In my heart, there was joy mixed with sadness: joy that the nations atlast acknowledged that we are a nation with a state, and sadness that we lost half of the country, Judea and Samaria, and , in addition, that we [would] have[in our state] 400,000 [Palestinian] Arabs.”
“Apparently there are three levels of brain activity. Level 1 is the lowest level - the amount of concentration required to, say, delete emails or serve in congress.”
“Art is the means by which we communicate what it feels like to be alive.”
“It is dressed into speeches about patriotism, love of country...but the profits...skyrocket...”
“As I got older, I would study privately with some coaches. Then I found Lee Strasberg, which I loved.”

Source : "Daniella Alonso: A Back Stage Exclusive". Interview with Noah Laracy, www.backstage.com. September 28, 2010.
“People have a very proprietary relationship with Superman. It's important to respect the iconography and the canon, but at the same time, you have to tell a story.”

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