Quotes by Dirk Benedict

“From Maya Angelou I began to believe that I, too, someday, could be a writer, and I also learned how tortuous it can be to be in possession of a unique voice.”

“Life has never been easy. Nor is it meant to be. It is a matter of being joyous in the face of sorrow.”

“LIFE: My favorite occupation.”

“It takes great technique, tremendous discipline and energy and practice, and damn few are capable. Art is confidence. Technique makes it possible to achieve artistic greatness, but doesnt guarantee it. The great piano artists are not the ones who are best playing Clementi exercises.”

“I consider my life one long string of failures, but all of the failure has made me more grateful to be alive, more joyous in the moment and more appreciative for every day I have.”

“It is marketing that makes films popular. Cross-marketing. Selling movies with hamburgers and Coke.”

“I personally dont think anybody should be allowed to write a screenplay UNTIL they are over 40. It used to be dont trust anyone over 30; now it is dont hire anyone over 30. I wish I were joking.”

“I live very much, try to, in the moment, and find whichever moment Im in to be the best.”

“Hollywood... damn well wont hire a writer over 40 unless he made his mark when he was under 30. America worships youth. It is reflected everywhere. And because wisdom can ONLY come with age, America is a very immature, unwise country. As reflected in its films.”

“If we wait until our lives are free from sorrow or difficulty, then we wait forever. And miss the entire point.”

I am very abnormal... But it wasnt very long ago that I wasnt so abnormal. I was very normal and headed for a lifetime of paying medical bills as proof of my normalcy.

Life has never been easy. Nor is it meant to be. It is a matter of being joyous in the face of sorrow.

If we wait until our lives are free from sorrow or difficulty, then we wait forever. And miss the entire point.

I write from my imagination, not from what Ive read in books or seen on TV or to make money. I wrote from an idea I was passionate about.

Change is good. And in fact unavoidable.