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I did a play in New York at the public theater, a Shakespeare play, and M. Night Shyamalan, who is the writer/director of 'The Village,' came and saw me in the play and asked to go to lunch afterwards.
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I didn't raise Todd to be a writer, but he happened to be one anyway.
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I discovered early in my movie work that a movie is never any better than the stupidest man connected with it. There are times when this distinction may be given to the writer or director. Most often it belongs to the producer.
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I don't know what it's like for a book writer or a doctor or a teacher as they work to get established in their jobs. But for a singer, you've got to continue to grow or else you're just like last night's cornbread - stale and dry.
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I don't think any good book is based on factual experience. Bad books are about things the writer already knew before he wrote them.
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I don't think of the characters as being good or bad because that doesn't help me as a writer.
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I feel like a very lucky person. From the time I was young, I had a dream of becoming a writer. Now that dream has come true, and I am able to make my living doing something I really love.
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I figure that that has a ten year cycle. At the end of that ten years, I began to get worried that I would run into what is known as the writer's block, the feeling of not being able to do these things.
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I get so nervous on stage I can't help but talk. I try. I try telling my brain: stop sending words to the mouth. But I get nervous and turn into my grandma. Behind the eyes it's pure fear. I find it difficult to believe I'm going to be able to deliver.
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I got into writing to become a 'Star Trek' writer. I was a rabid fan. I had shelves and shelves and shelves of action figures in my bedroom that scared away more dates than I care to admit to.
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I guess the one thing I really learned from participating in sports was to just never say no, never stop trying, and to always believe that you can do better than the next fellow. I tried to follow this throughout my life, but I always tried to be respectful about it.
As quoted in an interview with Marc Blau (2004) -
I guess the only way to stop divorce is to stop marriage.
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I hate television. I hate it as much as peanuts. But I can't stop eating peanuts.
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I have known people to stop and buy an apple on the corner and then walk away as if they had solved the unemployment problem.
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I have pretty thick skin, and I think if you're going to be in this business, if you're going to be an actor or a writer, you better have a thick skin.
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I hold any writer sufficiently justified who is himself in love with his theme.
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I just take it one fight at a time. If I'm able to fight, and I'm still healthy enough, I'd like to fight. But I'll know when it's time to stop.
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I keep on working when other people are out having fun. But I love what I do and find it hard to stop.
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I know that no one can really stop me but myself and that really no one can help me but myself.
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