Robert Benton Professions : Screenwriter Born : September 29, 1932 Browse All Authors Top 30 quotes by Robert Benton There was a kind of cultural life in New York that wasn't as solidified as it is now, it wasn't as money-driven. If you look at the size of the successful art galleries compared to the size of galleries now - there was no such thing as the Gagosian Gallery or Pace Gallery. But it was a time when magazines were a vital part of American life, and Esquire gave me a free pass to every world - I could get to the art world, the theater world, the movie world. It allowed you to roam through the cultural life of New York City. Robert Benton successful new-york art Every since high school I've been drawn to magazines. Robert Benton magazines high-school school I was dyslexic as a child and it took me years to get passed that. I read a lot but it was hard and that didn't go away until my early-to-mid-twenties. So really what I was looking at were the photographs and the illustrations in magazines. Robert Benton illustration children years I couldn't sit down and write a novel or a short story - even now - because of my dyslexia. But I learned narration through movies. Robert Benton down-and stories writing Having one perfect thing was less important than having a range of ideas, realizing they were all taking you in a certain direction. Robert Benton important perfect ideas Sometimes other people have better ideas. Robert Benton sometimes people ideas It's interesting that there are places that words can't get to. Robert Benton interesting Beauty doesn't have anything to do with prettiness. Beauty has to do with something else; it gets into an area where words can't go. Robert Benton prettiness areas Taste has nothing to do with style. Robert Benton style taste Style lasts forever and taste doesn't. Robert Benton style lasts forever Similar Authors Irving Brecher screenwriter Bill Kelly screenwriter Bruce Joel Rubin screenwriter Burt Prelutsky screenwriter Budd Schulberg screenwriter Bryan Fuller screenwriter All Authors