At Every Turn, When Humanity Is Asked

If You Study The History Of Mankind, It Seems To Be A History Of Violence. Certainly The History Of Art, Whether You Look At Paintings Or Movies Or Plays Or Whatever, Is Just A Litany Of Murder And Death.

People Are Conditioned To Just You Know, Like, You Know We're Like Little Birdies Going To The Bird Feeder You Know, Or The Little Cows Going To The Salt Lick. We Just Like What We've Seen Before.

There Is No Trick To Writing A Believable Love Story, A Heartbreaking Scene Or Real-sounding Dialogue. All You Need Is To Tell The Truth. It’s Always Heartbreaking.

The Thing That Makes A Great Genre Movie Is One That's Not Just Entertainment, Not Just Horror Or Sci-fi Or Whatever. The Ones I Love Are The Genre Pictures With Some Subversive Message Underlying It All.

It Was When I Was On The Set Of Dead Poets Society.there Was Actor,his Name Was Norman Lloyd. One Day He Took Us All Aside And Said, "you Guys Don't Even Understand What A Powerful Experience You're Having. You Don't Really Understand What A Gift This Is." We Were Going, "what Does He Mean?" It Was That Really Wonderful Opportunities Aren't To Be Taken For Granted. I Often Found That It Had Embedded Itself In My Memory.