I'm a writer first and an editor second... or maybe third or even fourth. Successful editing requires a very specific read more

I'm a writer first and an editor second... or maybe third or even fourth. Successful editing requires a very specific set of skills, and I don't claim to have all of them at my command.

I'm going to get in there. Get in the mix. Have fun, run around a little bit.

I'm going to get in there. Get in the mix. Have fun, run around a little bit.

Compare the cinema with theatre. Both are dramatic arts. Theatre brings actors before a public and every night during the read more

Compare the cinema with theatre. Both are dramatic arts. Theatre brings actors before a public and every night during the season they re-enact the same drama. Deep in the nature of theatre is a sense of ritual. The cinema, by contrast, transports its audience individually, singly, out of the theatre towards the unknown.

Practice, Perseverance, and Patience-Win always.

Practice, Perseverance, and Patience-Win always.

At the beginning of the twentieth century, every single leading Muslim intellectual was in love with the west, and wanted read more

At the beginning of the twentieth century, every single leading Muslim intellectual was in love with the west, and wanted their countries to look just like Britain and France.

We have closed all the holes and gaps. The situation on the border is now stable. The mess that we read more

We have closed all the holes and gaps. The situation on the border is now stable. The mess that we have had in the last few days is over.

I just want us to be known as a football team, ... A program.

I just want us to be known as a football team, ... A program.

They couldn't adapt to our demands in catering to Hispanics and trying to be much more bilingual, ... The show read more

They couldn't adapt to our demands in catering to Hispanics and trying to be much more bilingual, ... The show will be in Spanish, so that makes a huge difference. I'm pretty sure the audience will define and determine very much the way we put the music to them.

It would be neat to get together old-time people who went to a small-town school.

It would be neat to get together old-time people who went to a small-town school.