A spy like a writer lives outside the mainstream population. He steals his experience through bribes and reconstructs it.

The monsters of our childhood do not fade away neither are they ever wholly monstrous. But neither in my experience do we ever reach a plane of detachment regarding our parents however wise and old we may become. To pretend otherwise is to cheat.

There is only one thing which can master the perplexed stuff of epic material into unity and that is an ability to see in particular human experience some significant symbolism of man's general destiny.

My experience is that's rare - that you have a script that is... what they call 'film-ready.'

I think everyone's experience with a terminal disease is so deeply personal and unique to the person the context in which they're living and the relationships that they have.

Advertising is the edge of what people know how to do and of human experience and it explains the latest ways progress has changed us to ourselves.

But constant experience shows us that every man invested with power is apt to abuse it and to carry his authority as far as it will go.

Existence itself does not feel horrible it feels like an ecstasy rather which we have only to be still to experience.

Experience taught me that working families are often just one pay check away from economic disaster. And it showed me first-hand the importance of every family having access to good health care.

Producing is just a big learning experience.