Sidney Lumet (Sidney Arthur Lumet) Quotes

All great work is preparing yourself for the accident to happen.

Sidney Lumet

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Realism hasn't fallen out of favor with most people, who are interested in people's lives rather than gymnastics of style or literary trends. It's a certain kind of academic who undervalues realism, largely because it is not amenable to endless exegesis.

Vikram Seth
- People
- Kind
- Style
How accurately can the law fix the crime? There has to be a mechanism for very fast action. The law is like this: catch them and punish them.

A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
- Law
- Action
- Fast
My family weren't actors, and we didn't know any actors. It wasn't even something I was aware you could do as a job. I thought you had to be a Redgrave or a Barrymore before you were allowed to go to drama school.

Natasha Little
- Family
- School
- Job
There are a few players who don't like to think about the game.

Sachin Tendulkar
- Think
- Game
- Like
I do not cook.

Edie Falco
- Cook
There is a simple rule here, a rule of legislation, a rule of business, a rule of life: beyond a certain point, complexity is fraud. You can apply that rule to left-wing social programs, but you can also apply that rule to credit derivatives, hedge funds, all the rest of it.

P. J. O'Rourke
- Life
- Business
- Simple