[I]t is clear the future holds great opportunities. It also holds pitfalls. The trick will be to avoid the pitfalls, seize the opportunities, and get back home by six o’clock. – Woody Allen, "My Speech to the Graduates," Side Effects, 1980
If a student takes the whole series of my folklore courses including the graduate seminars, he or she should learn something about fieldwork, something about bibliography, something about how to carry out library research, and something about how to publish that research. – Alan Dundes
I dropped out of school for a semester, transferred to another college, switched to an art major, graduated, got married, and for a while worked as a graphic designer. – James Green Somerville
I think theres only one or two films where Ive had all the financial support I needed. All the rest, I wish Id had the money to shoot another ten days. – Martin Scorsese
