Elie Wiesel, Holocaust Survivor and Nobel Laureate, Died yesterday at 87. Here are his best quotes:

“We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.”

“The opposite of love is not hate, it’s indifference.”

“There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest.”

“No human race is superior; no religious faith is inferior. All collective judgments are wrong. Only racists make them.”

“Friendship marks a life even more deeply than love. Love risks degenerating into obsession, friendship is never anything but sharing.”

“Peace is our gift to each other.”

“There are victories of the soul and spirit. Sometimes, even if you lose, you win.”

“When a person doesn’t have gratitude, something is missing in his or her humanity. A person can almost be defined by his…

Oscar winning director Michael Cimino died today at the age of 77. Here are his best quotes about life, Hollywood, and directing:

When asked by “People” magazine, Nov. 11, 1996 issue, how the disaster of Heaven’s Gate (1980) affected his life: “It was really a great trauma, as everyone knows. Since then, I’ve been unable to make any movie that I’ve wanted to make. I’ve been making the best of what is available.”

“They’ve been running Deer Hunter like crazy on Bravo. And here is the whole goddamned Congress singing ‘God Bless America’ on the steps of the US Capitol. I said, ‘Holy shit, this is the ending of the movie.'” (on The Deer Hunter (1978) in hindsight, post-9/11, London Independent on Sunday, July 2002)

I don’t make movies intellectually, I don’t make movies to make a point, I make movies to tell stories about people.

Films are home movies…

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Submissions take 3-5 weeks for evaluation. Looking for screenplays from all over the world.

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The RULES are simple:1. Write a script. Edit the heck out of it. We accept features and shorts of any genre.

2. Email your script to romance@festivalforromance.com in .pdf, .doc, .wpd, .rtf, or .fdr format.

In the body in the email please add your:

– FULL NAME

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SAVE $50 off the regular submission for full novel submissions. Garner FULL FEEDBACK on your novel by our committee of industry professionals. Get a transcript of your novel performed by professional actors at the Fantasy Sci-Fi Festival Festival.

NEW OPTION: Just submit for an actor performance reading transcript of your novel (any 5 pages of your book). Great way to promote the sales of your book if you’re already published. (see examples on the video playlist below)

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