Quotes About Realism

Litigation is the pursuit of practical ends, not a game of chess.

I don't believe in expending energy on something you can't do anything about. If there was some easy way of fixing things, I'd probably do it.

I flatter myself to even imagine I could have had a medical practice. There's no way. I'm not scientific or disciplined enough, lots of things.

I think it's very important to write a demythologized woman character. My characters are flawed. They are no better than they should be.

I'll never get bored of seeing flawed women on the screen.

When you don't have a main character that's flawed, I don't know how you relate to that person.

I think flawed characters are important, because no one is perfect.

Everybody is flawed, not just men.

High school is something that we have to deal with. It's not a glorified fluffy, fun, prince-and-princess kind of time.

You always hear actresses talk about how unromantic it is to act a love scene or a sex scene - which it is. You're doing it with all these lights on and cameras flying around and people on the set.

What's the point of creating a budget if it's not possible to follow through?

If you choose to do something that you know you cannot do, or that is going to be very difficult, then you are a fool!

Only a fool would think the league was already won after just ten games.

Nothing is fixed or foolproof; I have no delusion about that.

Sometimes in entertainment, when people have done the Academy Awards - like, for example, in 'The Bodyguard' - I just didn't believe it; it didn't feel authentic.

Marriage is not super-important to me - most end in divorce. I love the idea of being with someone forever, but I don't think it happens very often.

Some people think we can have everything we want without making any difficult decisions. They have forgotten what it takes to win. It is fantasy politics.

Nothing is ever off the table at 'The Fosters' as long as it's based in reality.

Food is an excellent way to do very elegant worldbuilding - the kind that can make a fictional world seem real, like it extends way past the edges of the frame.

I despise shows that present friendship where you're always there for each other and really strong because I don't know anyone like that. I mean, I've got great friends, but I can go months without seeing them because I think, 'I just can't deal with having to give you anything.'

If you go down the leagues, you have to understand what level you're working with, and if you get frustrated, then it's not going to ever happen for you. That's why a lot of managers don't succeed where they should do.

To create a fully formed character full of life, struggle, and humanity is tough.

You see in such a world as this, an idealist -or perhaps it's only a sentimentalist-must be stoned to death. He makes the others so uncomfortable. He haunts them at their golf.

You see in such a world as this, an idealist — or perhaps it's only a sentimentalist — must be stoned to death.