Robert Benton Quotes

Twilight is about getting older and relationships - not about a murder mystery. It's about love when you reach a certain age; nothing is in primary colors.

Style is the most ephemeral thing I know. It's not about how effective you are it's about how you are effective.

I'd like to know what law is it that says that a woman is a better parent, simply by virtue of her sex.

My education was an education by movies.

Sometimes other people have better ideas.

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.

Style and taste do not have anything to do with the other. It's the difference between wit and humor.

The thing I loved the most about being art director was picking the photographers and working with them.

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.

Style is a way of talking about yourself.