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Alan Zweibel Quotes

It's an intangible thing, this thing we call talent, especially if we're in a position to teach and mentor others.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: producer
Nationality: american
Birth: May 20, 1950

Topics

Talent Mentor Teach Others Position

I am a huge hip-hop fan, and growing up, I only listened to hip-hop, so I dressed accordingly.

I Am Growing Up Dressed Growing Up

I don't read literary blogs. I used to read them, but it was upsetting when they would talk, in a snarky way, about my friends.

Andrew Sean Greer

Friends Way Talk Used Would Read

Everyone starts out desperately trying to make a hit, but some people are just more mistake-prone than others. I happened to be fairly mistake-prone. Of the 40 shows I made, I'd say ten were hits, which is a pretty good average.

Stephen J. Cannell

Good People Trying Say Some People

Call me territorial or narcissistic, but I avoid novels about people who share my vocation.

People Me Vocation Share Call Avoid

To be quite frank and honest with you, it drives me absolutely crazy when my kids fight, the sound of them fighting and not getting along.

Fight Me Crazy Fighting You Sound

My philosophy is simple: It's a down-home, common, horse-sense approach to things.

Simple Philosophy Things Common

I wasn't banned from skiing but didn't go much in college because I couldn't afford it, and there just wasn't the time. I played football all winter, then in summer I did track and field and played volleyball.

Winter Time Football College Skiing

I think filmmaking is largely about preparation and taste and luck. If you have all of those three things, I think you will find you can work somehow.

Work Preparation Luck Think You

My family's business was actually an amusement park in New Orleans. My grandfather had started that, and my grandmother was a dance maven in New Orleans. It was just the theatricality and the Mardi Gras and the pageantry that I fell in love with at an early age.

Family Love Business Age Dance New

First and foremost, telling historical stories is very tricky because it is something that is known. It is not like you can tell a lie or change something that is written in black and white.

Anthony Hemingway

Change Black And White Lie Black You

I'm officially disabled, but I'm truly enabled because of my lack of limbs. My unique challenges have opened up unique opportunities to reach so many in need.

Challenges Opportunities Reach Unique

I was friends with Susan Sontag the last four years of her life. She had this amazing charisma and so much energy, but she had a sad little funeral in Montparnasse in Paris.

Marina Abramovic

Life Sad Amazing Energy Friends She

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