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Creatocracy: How the Constitution Invented Hollywood QUOTES

1 " Even now, an immigrant is an extreme person. No matter how bad circumstances are in your native country, regardless of the death threat, complacency and entropy means most people will stay put amid famine and genocide. Anyone who crosses deserts and mountains and oceans and borders because life means more to him than stillness is brave. Never disrespect an immigrant. The brilliance of America is the constant regeneration of this daring population. And it is how this country started. And keeps renewing. "

― Elizabeth Wurtzel , Creatocracy: How the Constitution Invented Hollywood

2 " In the beginning of human creativity, everything good was God-given, there was no patent on manna from heaven, no copyright on the blueprints of the Mishkan, and people entertained themselves by dancing with a statue of a golden calf at the foot of Mount Sinai. The Bible is of course all in the public domain; the Lord gave His words to Moses, gratis. "

― Elizabeth Wurtzel , Creatocracy: How the Constitution Invented Hollywood

3 " Most people, using everything they have in real life, cannot take hold of you the way a talented writer can without even being there. Talent is the ability to mesmerize people when you are nowhere near. Talent is the ability to make something that is more stunning than human presence. "

― Elizabeth Wurtzel , Creatocracy: How the Constitution Invented Hollywood