“Most of the good executives do pretty well. Because to be a good executive you have to be strong, and you have to have a simple attribute that people have forgotten about - courage.”
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Also, they don't understand - writing is language. The use of language. The language to create image, the language to create drama. It requires a skill of learning how to use language.
There is a certain kind of respect for authenticity today that there wasn't back in the days when they did 'Cleopatra, ' where everything looked like a giant motel. People want to have it be authentic in the look, and authentic in the way people behave.
Everybody's a filmmaker today.
If you set as your goal to roll back the size of government, you have an obligation to answer the tough questions and show real courage, not just appeal to ideology. Treat the voters like adults.