Everybodys a filmmaker today. – John Milius
There is a certain kind of respect for authenticity today that there wasnt back in the days when they did Cleopatra, where everything looked like a giant motel. People want to have it be authentic in the look, and authentic in the way people behave. – John Milius
Most of the good executives do pretty well. Because to be a good executive you have to be strong, and you have to have a simple attribute that people have forgotten about – courage. – John Milius
Also, they dont understand – writing is language. The use of language. The language to create image, the language to create drama. It requires a skill of learning how to use language. – John Milius
Do behold the king in his glory, King Sequoia. Behold! Behold! seems all I can say…. Well may I fast, not from bread but from business, bookmaking, duty doing & other trifles…. I’m in the woods woods woods, & they are in mee-ee-ee…. I wish I were wilder & so bless Sequoia I will be. – John Muir, from a letter to Jeanne C. Carr, circa autumn 1870, ©1984 Muir-H