"I don't want to be a director. I want to direct. There's a difference."

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Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

Marty Feldman

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“I don't particularly care about having [my characters] talk realistically, that doesn't mean very much to me. Actually, a lot of people speak more articulately than some critics think, but before the 20th century it really didn't occur to many writers that their language had to be the language of everyday speech. When Wordsworth first considered that in poetry, it was considered very much of a shocker. And although I'm delighted to have things in ordinary speech, it's not what I'm trying to perform myself at all: I want my characters to get their ideas across, and I want them to be articulate.”
“Do the work that feeds your soul, not your ego.”
“The realisation of one's own death is the point at which one becomes adult.”
“The only reason that there has been no sabotage or espionage on the part of Japanese-Americans is that they are waiting for the right moment to strike.”
“To leave Italy at 17 without money and go to a country like England is very rare; Italians stay with the family until 30, 35. But I couldn't stand to live in this box anymore. I was getting bigger, and the box was getting smaller.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“America has never paid any attention to other people, so it's absurd for Bush to say that it's all in the best interests of the Iraqi people.”
“Everyone always talks about how well mothers know their children. No one ever seems to notice how well children know their mothers.”

Source : Lisa Unger (2010). “Fragile: A Novel”, p.256, Crown
“An author knows his landscape best; he can stand around, smell the wind, get a feel for his place.”

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