I never earned a dollar that was not somehow through writing. - Walter Lord

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History is replete with proofs, from Cato the Elder to Kennedy the Younger, that if you scratch a statesman you find an actor, but it is becoming harder and harder, in our time, to tell government from show business.

Walter Lord

I never earned a dollar that was not somehow through writing.

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Even against the greatest of odds, there is something in the human spirit - a magic blend of skill, faith, and valor - that can lift men from certain defeat to incredible victory.

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It would be nice to say the rich people, the fancy people, all behaved like bastards and the poor slobs all came through like heroes. But as a matter of fact, sometimes the poor slobs behave like slobs and the great, noble, privileged characters come off very well, indeed.

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Brilliantly lit from stem to stern, she looked like a sagging birthday cake.

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I look for something that is highly unusual, involving ordinary people caught in extraordinary situations.

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It's a funny thing, but today the Titanic is probably much more - that is people are much more aware of it than they were in 1954, when I was doing my research.

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You have to learn the rules of the game. And then you have to play better than anyone else.

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I guess it's easier to get things made when you know the story you want to tell, you know the characters you want to play, and you know the filmmakers you want to tell them with.

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