William Bernbach Quotes
We are so busy measuring public opinion that we forget we can mold it. We are so busy listening to statistics we forget we can create them.

Quotes to Explore
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We're a nation of celebrity and hero worshipers, so much so that we make heroes out of those who aren't, such as John Wayne: a patriotic, red-blooded, two-fisted American who spent the Second World War in the trenches on the movie lots of Hollywood.
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I got no hate in me.
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You need someone to see what you've done, to read it and to understand it and to appreciate what's gone into it.
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Novelists should be like scientists, dissecting the cadaver.
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I read fashion magazines all the time. It's fun, but I don't take it very seriously.
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For every reason it's not possible, there are hundreds of people who have faced the same circumstances and succeeded.
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Fiction was invented the day Jonas arrived home and told his wife that he was three days late because he had been swallowed by a whale.
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I just have always felt that I think we know that it's an ensemble show, and it's very hard to pick a show to submit when you're nominated, because usually everyone has a very strong part in every episode.
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I don't have the kind of style that I feel like would serve any and everyone.
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There were a couple of things in the intervention that made me know I needed help. One was a letter from my daughter saying that she was ashamed she had the same last name as I did, which will shock you a little bit.
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It sounds trite to go after men who are nice but when you've been hurt a lot it becomes appealing.
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If writers, like comedians or singers, could only hear themselves bombing as they worked, it's likely that certain books would be cut short after the first few leaden sentences.
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The best of life is to embark on an adventure with a woman interested in having an adventure with you.
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I actually wanted to first direct and produce, but then I got this very cool opportunity to be in front of the camera once.
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I don't cook. I don't know anything about food. I've never reviewed a restaurant.
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The Arab representatives and their followers were not interested in the persecuted millions throughout the world; they were fixed on a political agenda that distracted the world from their own serious shortcomings in the human-rights department.
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What makes revolutionary thought unique is its clarity and dignity, and its clear grasp of freedom and justice: simple, clear words that are understood without the need for any help from elite writers or thinkers.
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I came to America to become an architect. And somewhere along the line while I was still in school, I was lured into theater, and that's how I became interested in theater. My first play was something called 'A Banquet for the Moon.' It was a weird play.
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It has been a pleasure to play with all these artists. Pretenders was a real highlight, but also Damon, aka Badly Drawn Boy, Sinead... Ian Brown... all of these people I learn from and love to work with.
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When a man interrupts a woman in mid-sentence, it reveals much about him. First, it shows he hasn't been listening to what she is saying, and secondly, it indicates that he doesn't want to listen to what she will say. Her views are not important.
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Some of the downbeat pictures, in my opinion, should never be made at all. Most of them are made for personal satisfaction, to impress other actors who say "Oh, God! what a shot, what camera work!" But the average person in the audience, who bought his ticket to be entertained, doesn't see that at all. He comes out depressed.
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Friendship never forgets. That is the wonderful thing about it.
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Everybody has their opinion and they are going to critique you.
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We are so busy measuring public opinion that we forget we can mold it. We are so busy listening to statistics we forget we can create them.