Compartments Quotes

"...you direct a couple of successful pictures with women stars, so you become a `woman`s director`...Direct a sentimental little picture and all you get is sob stuff. I know I`ve been in and out of those little compartments. Heaven knows everyone has limitations. But why make them narrower than they are?"

I missed life in the 1960s, so it has always been a dream of mine to live in a trailer and experience life on the road. A few years ago, I bought a 27-foot, 1978 Airstream from the Recycler in Atlanta. My boyfriend at the time and I shipped our belongings to Los Angeles, jammed everything else we could fit into overhead compartments on the Airstream, and drove. It was amazing because we had no schedules to keep and we could have a different front yard every morning - from the Grand Canyon to Bryce Canyon to the Redwood Forest. Now that I`m in Los Angeles, I found a beautiful spot in Malibu to park it. Whenever my schedule permits, I stay in my Airstream for the weekend. It`s instant camping - a little piece of heaven.

One`s life has many compartments.

I have a Calvin Klein travel handbag with four compartments that fold up. You can keep your tickets, passport and documents all together.

I claim that human mind or human society is not divided into watertight compartments called social, political and religious. All act and react upon one another.

What you have is all these various compartments, but there`s no umbrella, and that`s the dilemma that`s emerging. You have to have a voice that can look at the big picture.

Some of them are just as original as can be, and some of them, people don`t know when to quit (with restoration). Even the engine compartments are a lot shinier than a lot of new cars, ... They are operational works of art.

We?re making a lot of the same mistakes which is kind of disappointing. Offensively we have some guys who can make big plays. We are getting better in compartments but need to do a better job putting everything together. That comes with experience and better communication.