My greatest regret is that my mother died before I could help her materially. James L. Brooks Read Quote
I worked for CBS News in the aftermath of all the greatness. I actually brought coffee to Edward R. Murrow. James L. Brooks Read Quote
In television writing, even if you’re running the writers room, it’s a writers room. James L. Brooks Read Quote
The fact is that television, even before the movies, offered the chance to control our work and to get to do it again when we did something right. So television has always been better to writers than any other medium for a long time. James L. Brooks Read Quote
In my mind, if you write a comedy where human beings experience pain, you’re just being realistic. James L. Brooks Read Quote
Watching people see your picture for the first time is such a public agony. James L. Brooks Read Quote
When it comes to being confused about what to do about life, that’s been me and will always be me. James L. Brooks Read Quote
With music, you can put sophisticated thoughts in a child’s head – it gives you a whole new avenue to express ideas. James L. Brooks Read Quote
It’s craziness to see yourself as damaged goods, so I was the goofy kid who’d stop a strange adult and say, ‘Do you know how to get to Palm Avenue?’ They’d say no, and I’d say, ‘You go two blocks and turn right. You can’t miss it.’ James L. Brooks Read Quote