If Tom Clancy didn't write any Op-Centers, he would be $60 million less rich. Robert Gottlieb More Quotes by Robert Gottlieb More Quotes From Robert Gottlieb Most famous stage actors tactfully fade away. Robert Gottlieb fadefamousawaystage Melissa Barak, an ex-City Ballet dancer and sometime choreographer, has put together an unspeakably dopey and incompetent mess called 'Call Me Ben,' combining ultra-generic dance, terrible dialogue and disastrous storytelling, about the founding of Las Vegas by the gangster Bugsy Siegel, who insists, violently, on being addressed as 'Ben.' Robert Gottlieb gangstermedancetogether Editing is simply the application of the common sense of any good reader. That's why, to be an editor, you have to be a reader. It's the number one qualification. Robert Gottlieb goodyoucommon-senseediting Charles Dickens left us fifteen novels, and in an ideal world, everyone would read all of them. Robert Gottlieb useveryoneleftworld At a certain point, you have to face the fact that you've turned into an old fart. Robert Gottlieb oldfaceyoufart I hated Matthew Bourne's 'Swan Lake' when it first turned up, and then when it was televised, and then when it returned. Robert Gottlieb swanlakefirstup 'Eclipse' is a concept piece, and its concept centers on 36 large light bulbs strung from above in a geometrical pattern and at different heights, some of them at times down below the dancers' chest level. Robert Gottlieb heightsdowndifferentlight As ye sow, so shall ye reap. When a ballet company spends a lot of money on gimmicky pieces, it's stuck with them for a while - they have to earn their keep. Robert Gottlieb earnreapcompanymoney There's no point pretending that all of Martha Graham's pieces are equally strong. Robert Gottlieb pointpretendingno-pointstrong Writing happened to me. I didn't decide to start writing or to be a writer. I never wanted to be a writer. Robert Gottlieb neverstartmewriting I don't like writing - it's so difficult to say what you mean. It's much easier to edit other people's writing and help them say what they mean. Robert Gottlieb youdifficultwritingpeople In 1998, Vanity Fair asked me to write a big piece for them on the 50th anniversary of the New York City Ballet. My life, to a great extent, had been spent at and with the New York City Ballet, and I decided to try it. It was very scary, writing about something I loved so much and had such strong opinions about. Robert Gottlieb my-lifemeanniversarylife Like all editors, I assume, I'm a reactor. Robert Gottlieb assumelikeeditors Dance stories, unlike those in opera, are usually simple. Robert Gottlieb thoseoperadancesimple Controversy sells books. Robert Gottlieb bookscontroversysells Remember: TV is a format, film is a format, and books are a format. Robert Gottlieb bookstvfilmremember With literary fiction, generally a film maker falls in love with a book. In commercial fiction, it's a producer or studio falling in love with a book they can make into a movie with worldwide appeal. Robert Gottlieb fallingfalling-in-lovelovebook
