I recognize the unknowing, involuntary effect that 'Facts of Life' had and continues to have on several generations of people.
There is a danger, if you cast someone who is 18, 19 or 20 to play 14 or 15, that very subtly, almost unconsciously, the audience is, "Oh, this isn't so bad."
You never want to be forced to do something. But the world around you starts to influence you in ways you never expected.
When you're an artist, you can't write with the intent of affecting anyone.
Raising children is a spur-of-the-moment, seat-of-the-pants sort of deal, as any parent knows, particularly after an adult child says that his most searing memory consists of an offhand comment in the car on the way to second grade that the parent cannot even dimly recall.
By being natural and sincere, one often can create revolutions without having sought them.
And so it happens oft in many instances; more good is done without our knowledge than by us intended. [Lat., Itidemque ut saepe jam in multis locis, Plus insciens quis fecit quam prodens boni.]
Sometimes we hurt one another without realizing it.
Your impact on the world is significant whether or not you are aware of it, and even whether or not you desire it.
Generous gestures yield the most when that isn't their purpose.
In like manner the effect of every action is measured by the depth of the sentiment from which it proceeds. The great man knew not that he was great. It took a century or two for that fact to appear. What he did, he did, he did because he must; it was the most natural thing in the world, and grew out of the circumstances of the moment.
nothing she did or said was quite what she meant but still her life could be called a monument shaped in a slant of available light and set to the movement of possible music
Good intentions have been the ruin of the world. The only people who have achieved anything have been those who have had no intentions at all.
Human blunders usually do more to shape history than human wickedness.
I've seriously got to stop turning my girlfriends gay, but like I can really help it. It's my animal appeal.
It's frightening to think that you mark your children merely by being yourself. It seems unfair. You can't assume the responsibility for everything you do --or don't do.
Tate grabbed me, hugging me so hard, I knew I'd have bruises. He was probably unaware of it, not having had much time to get used to his new strength. I pushed at him, "Tate...you're squeezing me too hard." He let go of me so fast I almost staggered. "Oh Christ, I can't do anything right!
Not everything we do as artists has deep intent. If we push barriers, that's great, but sometimes we just do our work. Whether we make some kind of statement, consciously or unconsciously, we shouldn't take the innocence away from what we do.
You never do things thinking you will make a big statement. It just happens sometimes and you are lucky.
I guess I accidentally became a part of history. Honestly, when you're young and you're a designer, you have a goal, but that is not the kind of goal that you even think it's possible to achieve.
