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As much as I hate his movies, Oliver Stone has an aspiration I adm

As much as I hate his movies, Oliver Stone has an aspiration I admire, and that is that he wants his art to be part of what makes and changes public policy and cultural practice. – Tony Kushner

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You have a strange relationship with calamity when youre a writer: you write about it as an artist, you objectify and fetishize it. You render life into material, and thats a creepy thing to do. – Tony Kushner

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relationship
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A handful of works in history have had a direct impact on social policy: one or two works of Dickens, some of Zola, Uncle Toms Cabin and, in modern drama, Larry Kramers The Normal Heart. – Tony Kushner

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History
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I find writing very difficult. Its hard and it hurts sometimes, and its scary because of the fear of failure and the very unpleasant feeling that you may have reached the limit of your abilities. – Tony Kushner

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My interest in film is sort of catholic – apart from science fiction and horror movies, Ill watch almost everything. – James Dyson

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I think less is more when it comes to kissing in the movies. – Julia Roberts

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movies

The only problem is I cant get into PG-13 Land. I just get stuck in R rated movies, which they would love us to make PG-13 movies but I never get there. But I think that youve got to make them different. Youve got to switch them up. – Joel Silver

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I think its more interesting to see people who dont feel appropriately. I relate to that, because sometimes I dont feel anything at all for things Im supposed to, and other times I feel too much. Its not always like it is in the movies. – Ryan Gosling

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Men who accomplish great things in the industrial world are the ones who have faith in the money producing power of ideas. – Charles Fillmore

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Drinking a daily cup of tea will surely starve the apothecary. – Chinese Proverb

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The idea of regretting not doing this seemed insane to me. Sitting in the corner at a bar at age 60, saying: I couldve been Bond. Buy me a drink. Thats the saddest place I could be. At least now at 60 I can say: I was Bond. Now buy me a drink. – Daniel Craig

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