No doubt you are as alarmed as I by the tragic decline in America's language skills. If 10 people read the following sentence: Two tanker trucks has just overturned in Alaska, spilling a totel of 10,000 gallons of beer onto a highway. two would find an error in subject-verb agreement, two would find an error in spelling, and six would find a sponge and drive north.
Mike NicholsIt's not a filmmaker's job to explain his technique but to tell his story the best way he can.
Mike NicholsIf you want to be a legend, God help you, it's so easy. You just do one thing. You can be the master of suspense, say. But if you want to be as invisible as is practical, then it's fun to do a lot of different things.
Mike NicholsNerves provide me with energy... It's when I don't have them, when I feel at ease, that's when I get worried.
Mike Nichols