"Filmmaking isnâ€™t if you can just strap on a camera onto an actor, and steadicam, and point it at their face, and follow them through the movie, that is not what moviemaking is, that is not what itâ€™s about. Itâ€™s not just about getting a performance. Itâ€™s also about the psychology of the cinematic moment, and the psychology of the presentation of that, of that window."

-- David Fincher

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“I'm a natural management guy. I had forgotten that. And I forgot how much I hate it.”
“If you are close to it, a big painting is just a feeling around you, that's all.”
“According to Adams, Jefferson proposed that he, Adams, do the writing [pf the Declaration of Independence], but that he declined, telling Jefferson he must do it. Why?" Jefferson asked, as Adams would recount. Reasons enough," Adams said. What can be your reasons?" Reason first: you are a Virginian and a Virginian ought to appear at the head of this business. Reason second: I am obnoxious, suspected and unpopular. You are very much otherwise. Reason third: You can write ten times better than I can.”
“The world is polarized. The middle class becomes smaller. The polarization makes the difference between rich and the poor big. This is true.”
“I've always been a writer because I've always been a student. My mom's a retired professor, so I come from a very academic background. I love writing, you know?”
“A well-trained man knows how to answer questions; an educated man knows what questions are worth asking.”

Source : E. Digby Baltzell (2018). “Judgment and Sensibility: Religion and Stratification”, p.191, Routledge
“I still pinch meself when I wake up of a morning...Who ever thought I'd be a children's author -- let alone a best-selling children's author? I feel I should still be driving a truck, or (working as) a longshoreman.”
“You won't get hurt skiing if you don't fall.”

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