"Nobody gets praised for the right reasons."

-- Diana Wynne Jones

“I learned more about acting from George Stevens in a few months than I had in my entire life up until then”
“His four year contract renewal: As always, I remain hopeful that Don Cherry won't be offered the same length contract.”
“The Syrian people do not recognize themselves in the elite politics of the Muslim Brotherhood or the left, each of which is looking for an external power rather than the people's own self-activity.”
“People complain that pro athletes make a lot of money; but what they don't understand is that we need a lot of money because we spend a lot of money.”
“The only way to change the future is to change the present.”
“Atlas Shrugged and The Fountainhead, doubtless two of the most exquisitely adolescent of fictions.”

Source : Nancy Mairs (1994). “Voice Lessons: On Becoming a (woman) Writer”, Beacon Press (MA)
“I'm so thankful. I've been blessed. I never took it for granted.”
“I did a film about child abuse with the great producer-director Richard Donner, Radio Flyer. Again, I was replacing somebody, but Lorraine Bracco was in it, and they wanted me as the cop in the thing to fall in love with Lorraine, but I said I wouldn't. I mean, I'm a cop, and she's ignoring that her kids are being beaten up by their stepfather. And we had an argument... well, not an argument, but a discussion about it. I said, "I just don't feel right. It's like you're taking everything away from the reality of the movie. Aren't you kind of idealizing this a little bit?”

Source : Source: tv.avclub.com

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