By concentrating our attention on the effect rather than the causes, we can avoid the laborious, nearly impossible task of trying to detect and deflect the many psychological influences on liking. – Robert Cialdini
Hollywood films have become a cesspool of formula and its up to us to try to change it… I feel like a preacher! But its really true. I feel personally responsible for the future of American cinema. Me personally. – Alexander Payne
He was the product of an English public school and university. He was, moreover, a modern product of those seats of athletic exercise. He had little education and highly developed muscles — that is to say, he was no scholar, but essentially a gentleman. – H. Seton Merriman
Comedy just pokes at problems, rarely confronts them squarely. Drama is like a plate of meat and potatoes, comedy is rather the dessert, a bit like meringue. – Woody Allen
