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One way to find food for thought is to use the fork in the road, the bifurcation that marks the place of emergence in which a new line of development begins to branch off. ”
I don't have any artifacts of my profession in my house; the Oscar is in storage. ”
I very much prefer the balance in a scene to standing out and so you have to make a decision. ”
I'll be damned if I am not getting tired of this. It seems to be the profession of a President simply to hear other people talk. ”
All the world is competent to judge my pictures except those who are of my profession. ”
These mountains appear to be almost entirely composed of stratas of rock of various colours (mostly red) and are partially covered with a dwarfish growth of pine and cedar, which are the only species of timber to be seen. ”
Governments that use violence to stop democratic development will not earn themselves respite forever. They will pay an increasingly high price for actions which they can no longer hide from the world with ease, and will find themselves on the wrong side of history. ”
I got an agent. He said, what do you wanna do, and I said, I want an Oscar nomination. That's your job, that's what I'm paying you for. And I got it. ”
The only people who do plays in LA are people who can't get jobs in TV shows. ”
I agree that Ruskin has done much harm to counter balance much good in giving people the trick of talking about Art instead of really doing a little of it to enable them to understand. ”