Will we allow the decline of our language-the language of Shakespeare, Shaw and Steinbeck? Will we abuse our precious gift of communication? Will we bite our mother tongue with the teeth of indifference, crushing the taste buds of clarity and, without prompt application of the antiseptic of education, causing the gangrene of strained metaphors? Stand up, America, and let me hear your answer: Ain't no way, dude!
Mike NicholsThat seems to me the greatest American danger we're all in, that we'll bargain away the experience of being alive for the appearance of it.
Mike NicholsIt's not a filmmaker's job to explain his technique but to tell his story the best way he can.
Mike Nichols