Quotes by Dave Cullen

“I think most fans of the film were stunned by the best-picture surprise.”

“I felt we had to do something. People were distraught, upset, angry; they couldnt believe it.”

“This movie is ratifying a revolution. Theres a huge pent-up demand for this film in the gay community. Weve never had a film that told our story -- a sad one. And the straight community is finally ready to embrace this film. Theyve become more accepting, more understanding. When they see this film, they realize gay love is no different from straight love.”

“This movie is ratifying a revolution. Theres a huge pent-up demand for this film in the gay community. Weve never had a film that told our story ... a sad one. And the straight community is finally ready to embrace this film. Theyve become more accepting, more understanding. When they see this film, they realize gay love is no different from straight love.”

“Members of our forum are an amazingly disparate group who simply want people to see the film and feel its power. Some of our most active members are grandmothers and over a third of forum members are women.”

One thoughtful Evangelical pastor said he approved of using the massacre for recruitment, as long as it was truly done for God. He bristled at spiritual headhunters, just racking up another scalp. The Bible was never meant to be a club, he said. If Im using it as a weapon, thats really sad.

What good were special talents when there was no one to share them with?

The goal with hostages is to gradually lower expectations; in nonhostage crises, its to lower emotions.

You cant really teach a kid anything: you can only show him the way and motivate him to learn it himself.

from the Basement tapes Eric outdid Dylan with the apologies. To the untrained eye, he seemed sincere. The psychologists on the case found Eric less convincing. They saw a psychopath. Classic. He even pulled the stunt of self-diagnosing to dismiss it. I wish I was a fucking sociopath so I didnt have any remorse, Eric said. But I do.Watching that made Dr. Fuselier angry. Remorse meant a deep desire to correct a mistake. Eric hadnt done it yet. He excused his actions several times on the tapes. Fuselier was tough to rattle, but that got to him.Those are the most worthless apologies Ive ever heard in my life, he said. It got more ludicrous later, when Eric willed some of his stuff to two buddies, if you guys live.If you live? Fuselier repeated. They are going to go in there and quite possibly kill their friends. If they were the least bit sorry they would not do it!

Reverend Don Marxhausen disagreed with all the riffs on Satan. He saw two boys with hate in their eyes and assault weapons in their hands. He saw a society that needed to figure out how and why - fast. Blaming Satan was just letting them off easy, he felt, and copping out on our responsibility to investigate. The end of days fantasy was even more infuriating.

The final portrait is often furthest from the truth.