Hollywood, to hear some writers tell it, is the place where they take an author's steak tartare and make cheeseburger out of it. Upon seeing the film, they say, the author promptly cuts his throat, bleeding to death in a pool of money.
Fletcher KnebelOur forefathers made one mistake. What they should have fought for was representation without taxation.
Fletcher KnebelFinally it has penetrated my thick skull. This life-this moment-is no dress rehearsal. This is it.
Fletcher KnebelFind a man with both feet firmly on the ground and you've found a man about to make a difficult putt.
Fletcher KnebelStatesmanship is harder than politics. Politics is the art of getting along with people, whereas statesmanship is the art of getting along with politicians.
Fletcher KnebelTo start with, there's the alien accent. "Tree" is the number between two and four. "Jeintz" is the name of the New York professional football team. A "fit" is a bottle measuring seven ounces less than a quart. This exotic tongue has no relationship to any of the approved languages at the United Nations, and is only slightly less difficult to master than Urdu.
Fletcher Knebel