Quote by David Cronenberg
When youre in the muck you can only see muck. If you somehow manag

When youre in the muck you can only see muck. If you somehow manage to float above it, you still see the muck but you see it from a different perspective. And you see other things too. Thats the consolation of philosophy. – David Cronenberg

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Anybody who comes to the cinema is bringing theyre whole sexual history, their literary history, their movie literacy, their culture, their language, their religion, whatever theyve got. I cant possibly manipulate all of that, nor do I want to. – David Cronenberg

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The filmmaking process is a very personal one to me, I mean it really is a personal kind of communication. Its not as though its a study of fear or any of that stuff. – David Cronenberg

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The more unique your film is and unusual it is and difficult it is, the harder it is to get it financed. Thats why a lot of good filmmakers are doing television. They do HBO movies. – David Cronenberg

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People who look through keyholes are apt to get the idea that most things are keyhole shaped. – Author Unknown

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Why assume so glibly that the God who presumably created the universe is still running it? It is certainly conceivable that He may have finished it and then turned it over to lesser gods to operate. – H.L. Mencken

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