“I love romantic comedy, but I think you have to have another idea that you're chasing along with romantic comedy.” ThinkingIdeasComedyRomantic LoveChasing Author:James L. Brooks
“Media reporting denied privacy to anybody doing what I do for a living. It was no longer possible to work on your picture in privacy.” MediaPrivacyDenied Author:James L. Brooks
“I think you have a pact with an audience in every picture, and I think the pact is to try and be truthful and to be real.” ThinkingTryingRealAudienceBeing RealTruthfulBeing TruthfulPact Author:James L. Brooks
“But of course it's different now, the blues is no longer blues, it's green now.” DifferentCoursesGreen Author:Ruth Brown
“I don't see how anybody could have a passion for nature without having an equally developed tolerance for the cold.” PassionColdTolerance Author:Tom Brown, Jr.
“Evil can be a teacher, if you look at the wisdom of its negative power.” IfsLooksEvilTeacherNegative Author:Tom Brown, Jr.
“The first track is the end of a string. At the far end, a being is moving; a mystery, dropping a hint about itself every so many feet, telling you more about itself until you can almost see it, even before you come to it. The mystery reveals itself slowly, track by track, giving its genealogy early to coax you in. Further on, it will tell you the intimate details of its life and work, until you know the maker of the track like a lifelong friend.” KnowsGivingFirstsEndsMovingMysteryFeetTrackDetailsIntimateStringsMakersDroppingLifelongHintsGenealogyLifelong Friends Author:Tom Brown, Jr.