Norbert Leo Butz Quotes
If you are opening a play, a play that's really about something, a play that's really about ideas, you have to find a way to sell that play.
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I think Dilbert is actually a radical strip.
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I think it would be bizarre to pick somebody to speak at the convention based on their sexual preference, because once you go down that road, why don't you pick a transvestite?
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I don't drink hot beverages.
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In my opinion, he only may be truly said to live and enjoy his being who is engaged in some laudable pursuit, and acquires a name by some illustrious action, or useful art.
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I find it really hard to relate to the Bond women or Angelina Jolie in 'Salt.' And of course it's informed by my experiences and the people I've met along the way and the places I've been.
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Surely a long life must be somewhat tedious, since we are forced to call in so many trifling things to help rid us of our time, which will never return.
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People had an idea of what R&B artists or pop artists usually say, which was like, 'Talk about sex, talk about partying, and be positive; don't be too much of a downer.'
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I met Gerhard Richter and Alighiero Boetti when I was a teenager, and I was really inspired by them. When Boetti died, I realized I only vaguely remembered so many things he told me. It was such a pity. Had I only recorded his voice, he would still be with me, and I could listen to it from time to time.
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I was fascinated by fairies when I was growing up, and I wanted to see one dreadfully.
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Presidents are nice people. They're nice, fun-loving people who have great jobs.
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I've seen 'Absentia,' which was amazing. I loved 'Absentia.' I loved that for no money, he was able to make a movie about something that you never saw. You never saw the bad guys. That was amazing to me. You never saw what you were supposed to be afraid of; you just knew you were supposed to be afraid of it. It was a phenomenal movie.
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I only hope that one day, America will recognize what the rest of the world already has known, that our indigenous music - gospel, blues, jazz and R&B - is the heart and soul of all popular music; and that we cannot afford to let this legacy slip into obscurity, I'm telling you.
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When writing screenplays, it's a matter of remembering to leave off the page anything and everything that doesn't appear on the screen.
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I love Yves Saint Laurent. I love Chanel. And Versace! Such beautiful gowns!
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When you write fiction, you can sort of invent more but also pack it with emotions that are very pertinent to you. Whereas with nonfiction, you have to be as factual as possible but also hopefully - also bring... emotional relevance to the piece.
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CBS fought very hard on this because it believed and believes that there's a principle at stake here. The principle is that Dan Rather doesn't work for the police, and that people that speak to Dan Rather understand that he's a journalist and not a police agent.
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I've always been able to sense the relationship between two people based on how one person says the other's name!
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Now our whole activity is devoted to God, and our whole life, since we are bent on progress in divine things.
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I have to believe that people can change, otherwise I deny the Gospel, and I will not do that.
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I was always pretty decent at fast stick work or doing stuff that seems impressive that's not really; I was pretty tasteful and had good ideas musically. But I had a terrible sense of tempo, which is like being a blind painter.
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I want my books to sell, to be read. I'm not interested in being obscure.
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My problem is not that I don't want to play, it's that I don't want to live!
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If writers were good businessmen, they'd have too much sense to be writers.
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If you are opening a play, a play that's really about something, a play that's really about ideas, you have to find a way to sell that play.
