I believe that sitting naked across from your adversary in a steam room makes negotiations more productive.
David ShapiroI wanted my book to make people cry, but I feel like I'm the only person who my book is going to make cry, if they show me the sales numbers.
David ShapiroSometimes you are ahead of people and sometimes people have blind spots. They can't see the world and they can't see what they do.
David ShapiroI don't necessarily believe in the ideology of cinema veritรฉ. I think by the very fact that you have a camera there you are affecting the story and you are influencing it.
David ShapiroWe all have a family and I think we all have a perception of our family that we like to keep and we all have our positive memories in a certain way. Then when life catches up to them, when you see a different perspective of them, or when you are a couple degrees over, you can see things differently and it shakes you to the foundation.
David Shapiro