Quotes About Opinion

Now if you call 'Ain't No Half-Steppin' ' or 'Raw' an old-school song, I agree with you. But if you call Big Daddy Kane an old-school artist, I disagree with you.

We have inherited both Rabindranath Tagore and Satyajit Ray. We love them and we respect them and we adore them, so we also have the right to critique them.

I'm on my own when I say this, but I'm one of the few people that think that 'Everybody Loves Raymond' is better than 'Seinfeld.'

I don't think Obama will get re-elected.

I have not reached a considered position on the question of court-packing. Although I don't think we should be laughing at it.

I chose not to react to everyone's opinion.

I always feel like you never know: sometimes you can put out work that you feel is really strong, and other times, you can put out work you think is less strong, and people react to it, so it's kinda like in the eye of the beholder!

I prefer to make a film that people have a really intense reaction to than have a film that people feel ambivalent about.

When people are telling stories on screen, you can show the reactions of people, play it off those reactions, and it can be fun. But when it's someone just giving an opinion on things, even if the opinion is kind of interesting, that is potentially deadly. It has to be really quick.

The reader deserves an honest opinion. If he doesn't deserve it, give it to him anyhow.

I'm not a great reader of historical fiction; it's not my favourite genre.

For me it's more important that I outline all the facets of a controversial issue and let the reader make up his or her mind. I don't care if readers change their minds, but I would like readers to ask themselves why their opinion is what it is.

That the Op-Ed page is very important in readers' and the nation's perception of the Times, the perception of its editorial positions, and of its implicit editorial positions as expressed by the publisher's choice of people who are given the freedom to write opinion columns.

I'm not not a fan of graphic novels, but it's not like one of my pastimes, reading graphic novels.

Honestly, if anyone reads my work, they're doing me a favor, so they get to use whatever words they want to describe it. I can't control that, nor if they like the work, so best not to even try.

I don't expect you'll hear me writing any poems to the greater glory of Ronald and Nancy Reagan.

I have very little respect for Nancy Reagan. There is something about her that is very petty.

I'm glad Reagan is president. Of course, I'm a professional comedian.

Reagan's dead, and he was a lousy President.

All of us who covered the Reagans agreed that President Reagan was personable and charming, but I'm not so certain he was nice. It's hard for me to think of anyone as 'nice' when I hear him say 'The homeless are homeless because they want to be homeless.'

He may not have been a good actor, and I personally don't think he was a good president, but I'll tell you this: Ronald Reagan was a helluva character.

To find out your real opinion of someone, judge the impression you have when you first see a letter from them.

I'm a real left-winger. I fancy Jeremy Corbyn!

I think my whole deal was I didn't think other people had a right to an opinion. I think the problem I had was, in real life, it was my way or the highway, and if people disagreed with me, then they were just wrong.