#ed

When I was a graduate student, the leading spirits at Harvard were interested in the history of ideas. ↗

— M. H. Abrams

#graduate #graduate student #harvard #history #i

If the word gets out, if the perception exists that by speaking to a CBS journalist you are, therefore, inevitably, immediately speaking to the police, I don't think there's any doubt but that people won't talk. And, therefore, the public won't learn. ↗

— Floyd Abrams

#cbs #doubt #exists #gets #i

It is within the last quarter century or thirty years. And a lot of that law has turned out to be very, very protective of the press and the public's right to know. ↗

— Floyd Abrams

#know #last #law #lot #out

This is going right to the police. So, it's a very dangerous precedent. ↗

— Floyd Abrams

#going #police #precedent #right #very

When I began we did not really have a lot of First Amendment law. It is really surprising to think of it this way, but a lot of the law - most of the law that relates to the First Amendment freedom of the press in America - is really within living memory. ↗

— Floyd Abrams

#america #began #did #first #first amendment

I have no style. There are certain people who just have a visual sense that defines their work. You could probably watch 30 seconds of anything they do and you'll know exactly who directed it. I don't have that skill. ↗

— J. J. Abrams

#certain #could #defines #directed #exactly

I hope to make movies that are so small they don't need to make anything to be profitable. ↗

— J. J. Abrams

#hope #i #make #movies #need

I'm obsessed with things that are distinctly analogue. ↗

— J. J. Abrams

#distinctly #i #obsessed #things

Obviously with the Internet and increased access to other means of watching shows, the audience has dispersed and is all over the place and that is a challenge. ↗

— J. J. Abrams

#audience #challenge #increased #internet #means

People never know what they want, though everyone says they do. If they did, nobody would ever be surprised. ↗

— J. J. Abrams

#ever #everyone #know #never #nobody