Art Modell was a visionary, a deal-maker and a friend. And he possessed a marvelous sense of humor.
You can't clobber any reader while he's looking. You divert his attention, then you clobber him and he never knows what hit him.
I think there is no suffering greater than what is caused by the doubts of those who want to believe.
Faith is what someone knows to be true, whether they believe it or not.
It's always wrong of course to say that you can't do this or you can't do that in fiction. You can do anything you can get away with, but nobody has ever gotten away with much.
On the subject of the feminist business, I just never think. . . of qualities which are specifically feminine or masculine. I suppose I divide people into two classes: the Irksome and the Non-Irksome without regard to sex. Yes and there are the Medium Irksome and the Rare Irksome.
I am a Catholic not like someone else would be a Baptist or a Methodist, but like someone else would be an atheist.
I wish I could take a raincheck on June 18. 1815
Filmmaking is always about keeping the right distance, and it's always a struggle. You struggle for more access. It's a little bit of a seduction process, trying to get more access.
Growing up, I was obsessed with Michael Jackson. I saw him at Wembley when I was 7 years old, it was my first proper show. He was like a god to me.
There was a huge movement that led up to [gay marriage legilization], and I played a small role in the great scheme of things. But it was really a privilege to get to do it.