quotes about Auteurs

“I'd like to make people who see me in comic pantomime on the screen feel the way Mark Twain makes his readers feel.”

“Winning times in the New York City Marathon have not dropped all that much over the years, but rather U.S. runners went backward. In 1983, there were 267 U.S. men who broke 2:20 in a marathon, and by 2000 that number was down to 27.”

“I never write. Never! I do not even remember if I can write.”

Source : "We Translated Young Thug’s French Interview So You Don’t Have To" by Carl Lamarre, theurbandaily.cassiuslife.com. September 8, 2015.

“Debate on public issues should be uninhibited, robust and wide-open and that...may well include vehement, caustic, and sometimes unpleasantly sharp attacks on government and public officials.”

Source : New York Times Co. v. Sullivan (1964)

“Change is possible, but it must start with self-acceptance.”

“In Iraq, a ruthless dictator cultivated weapons of mass destruction and the means to deliver them. He gave support to terrorists, had an established relationship with al Qaeda, and his regime is no more.”

“All art is but dirtying the paper delicately.”

“In today's retail environment, competition comes from every conceivable retail format. To succeed, we have to operate more efficiently and compete more effectively against players at all levels of the retail demographic. There is no question that this is a bold and exciting move, and one I believe will have a positive impact on competitive retailing for American consumers in the longer term.”

“The day Blink-182 announced their hiatus, I felt as if a part of me died.”

“I had a compulsion to do it.”