“Media reporting denied privacy to anybody doing what I do for a living...” — James L. Brooks Quote

“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.”

“I saw 'Annie Hall' with a group of people working in comedy and television. We were all stunned. Stunned. It was like watching a spaceship land. That something that funny could also be that beautiful.”

“I always think a successful television series is the best job because it gives you community, it doesn't demand temporary insanity the way movies do, and you can be almost a normal person.”

“When you work alongside somebody day in and day out, the relationships tend to be wonderful: they're lifelong.”

“I'm a journalism junkie.”

“I've done it with Broadcast News-where there was no finish line, there was no agenda that I had to move all the characters to this point, that I was sort of open to what happens.”

“For the moment and for some time great events have been denied me, forward action not come my way.”

“Throughout my entire life, I have lived in the shadow of the dictatorship. It denied me safety and security.”

“The orbit of human vision has widened and art has annexed fresh territories that were formerly denied to it.”

“Living in this world, we all just want to be happy. And I don't think it is right to be denied that opportunity over a single mistake.”

“All forms of self-defeating behavior are unseen and unconscious, which is why their existence is denied.”

“Women should not be denied the right to control their own bodies.”