Information is currency. ... Power is a place as well as a verb; it is inside the information tent.
Lynda ObstMy goal has been to learn how to get movies made without losing sight of the reasons I began. I have had to learn to recognize the insidious nature of the beast without becoming one.
Lynda ObstNo single movie or event makes or breaks your career. Everything can be undone, including success.
Lynda ObstTrue power is invisible and impeccable, like good taste. It is never clumsy or artless. Powerful people whisper, suggest, seduce, in order to coerce. They only use volume for effect. This is how you can tell a blowhard from a mogul. ... Most powerful people don't need to coerce; their mere presence is coercive.
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