Why are women raped far away (say, Bosnia) called victims, while those raped nearby (say, a local campus) are playing victim politics?
It is folly to expect men to do all that they may reasonably be expected to do.
It is also important to guard against mistaking for good-nature what is properly good-humor,--a cheerful flow of spirits and easy temper not readily annoyed, which is compatible with great selfishness.
All gaming, since it implies a desire to profit at the expense of another, involves a breach of the tenth commandment.
Those who relish the study of character may profit by the reading of good works of fiction, the product of well-established authors.
It is not that pearls fetch a high price because men have dived for them; but on the contrary, men have dived for them because they fetch a high price.
Falsehood, like the dry-rot, flourishes the more in proportion as air and light are excluded.
But I think Barry Sonnenfeld let his ego go out of control. He told me in a meeting that he had to do something to make it his film.
Oliver Stone will never be happy with the first take. He wants more than that. When youre delivering your lines, hell stop you and tell you some kind of riddle about the character and you have to go away and figure that out. If youre hoping for him to give you all the answers, then youre in for a long day.
The worst piece of advice I've gotten in my whole career is from somebody who said, Remember, it's all about likeability.
Comedy is much harder, it's a lot more exacting. You can't just be real and you can't just use the same kind of techniques you use to fill up a regular scene.