Who is the happiest of men? He who values the merits of others, and in their pleasure takes joy, even as though it were his own. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
So I decided to move that scene in the doctors office to two-thirds into the movie, after the viewers had come to know Ryan and Ali and share in their happiness. – Arthur Hiller
The principle of the endless melody is the perpetual becoming of a music that never had any reason for starting, any more than it has any reason for ending. – Igor Stravinsky
