Damus Kaye Quotes & Sayings

Children when they ask you why your mama so funny say she is a poet she don't have no sense — Lucille Clifton

Having a deep sense of understanding is a huge burden for a mind that can't directly influence things. — Janvier Chouteu-Chando

Many producers state without blinking that the audience wants a happy ending. They say this because up-ending films tend to make more money than down-ending films. The reason for this is that a small percentage of the audience won't go to any film that might give it an unpleasant experience. Generally their excuse is that they have enough tragedy in their lives. But if we were to look closely, we'd discover that they not only avoid negative emotions in movies, they avoid them in life. Such people think that happiness means never suffering, so they never feel anything deeply. The depth of our joy is in direct proportion to what we've suffered. Holocaust survivors, for example, don't avoid dark films. They go because such stories resonate with their past and are deeply cathartic. — Robert McKee

A system must be managed. It will not manage itself. — W. Edwards Deming

You don't need to beat yourself up in order to make God love you. Jesus already took your beating. — Mark Driscoll