Marc Ostrofsky Quotes
Opportunities present themselves every day - to everyone. You just have to be alert and ready to act.
Quotes to Explore
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If we could all figure out a way to just be true to ourselves and have a good time doing what we're doing, it would be a lot more fun.
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I have always had a horror and detestation of poverty.
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When I wrote 'The West Wing,' the juice behind it was that in popular culture, our leaders in government are generally portrayed as Machiavellian, or as idiots. I thought, well, how about writing about a group of hyper-competent people?
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I hope Obama gets scary in the next four years, 'cuz he ain't gotta worry about getting re-elected.
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I don't like controversy.
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In the final analysis this congressional race is always going to be a close race, whether there's a presidential race or governor's race or not. But is this a better year? Yes, this would probably be a better year.
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My parents spent 16 years hauling my butt to L.A. for audition after audition. I remember always hoping I could help take care of them because they took such good care of me.
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Skid Row would probably be my favorite Jersey band.
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Our relationships with our computers are almost sexual, they're so close. They're just such a huge part of our lives.
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There are epic downsides to living a somewhat public life. The upshot of that is there's nothing to hide. It's a relief in a way. There's nothing about me that can't be said.
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Oh, there's going to be debate because you're dealing with the Bible and religion is supposed to be separate from state and that to me is already a conflict before it even hits the gay issue.
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Especially in comedies, I think a lot of time the female characters are there to provide a balance for guys.
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I've been focused on detecting nuclear terrorism at ports, in cargo containers, and I developed and built detectors that are extremely cheap and also very sensitive. My other big development is a system to produce medical isotopes that are injected into patients and used to diagnose and treat cancer.
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The most annoying and full-of-crap thing a writer says is, 'I write only for myself, I don't care if anyone reads it.' A writer without a reader doesn't exist.
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It's not enough to have economic growth. You have to distribute wealth throughout all of society.
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Learning about factory farms and their horrendous treatment of animals is what made me become vegetarian in the first place. I also support the education of the public on adopting pets from animal shelters or saving homeless animals off the street in lieu of buying them from pet shops.
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Why are we, as a nation so obsessed with foreign things? Is it a legacy of our colonial years? We want foreign television sets. We want foreign shirts. We want foreign technology. Why this obsession with everything imported?
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The names of common flowers change from decade to decade, so I spent a lot of time with old outdated dictionaries, with awful flower names like 'mouse-eared chickweed.'
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I have a zero tolerance for sanctimonious morons who try to scare people.
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God's knowledge extends to things not in existence, and includes also the infinite.
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In his holy flirtation with the world, God occasionally drops a handkerchief. These handkerchiefs are called saints.
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We need a leader able to project his or her personality and present our policies in today's media environment. All this is true - but we also need a leader capable of building a team, inspiring loyalty from colleagues, and one genuinely open to ideas.
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My challenge as a satirical artist is how to present ideas to people to enable them to question and reexamine their beliefs. My hope is, that my work provokes people to look at things in a new way.
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Opportunities present themselves every day - to everyone. You just have to be alert and ready to act.
