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title: "2 Bits and pieces Quotes By Dan Fogelman"
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> [I luckily had a very charming, lovable mom who I think everybody could see bits and pieces of their mom in.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-fogelman/i-luckily-had-a-very-charming-lovable-mom-who-i-think-everybody-could/)

[Dan Fogelman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-fogelman/)

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> [They always say, doing what I do for a living, write what you know and then people will respond to it. I luckily had a very charming, lovable mom who I think everybody could see bits and pieces of their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-fogelman/they-always-say-doing-what-i-do-for-a-living-write-what-you-know-and/)

[Dan Fogelman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-fogelman/)

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## Other authors on Bits and pieces

## More by Dan Fogelman

> [I told my mom I was going to do a movie about a son who hears a story about his mom and takes her…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-fogelman/i-told-my-mom-i-was-going-to-do-a-movie-about-a-son-who-hears-a-story/)

[Dan Fogelman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-fogelman/)

> [I would not drink bottles of water at my mom's house because I never knew how long she'd been refilling them from the sink…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-fogelman/i-would-not-drink-bottles-of-water-at-my-mom-s-house-because-i-never/)

[Dan Fogelman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-fogelman/)

> [I luckily had a very charming, lovable mom who I think everybody could see bits and pieces of their mom in.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-fogelman/i-luckily-had-a-very-charming-lovable-mom-who-i-think-everybody-could/)

[Dan Fogelman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-fogelman/)

> [A lot of times, when mother-son or mother-daughter relationships have been put on screen, they tend to trickle towards ugly, and I don't find…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-fogelman/a-lot-of-times-when-mother-son-or-mother-daughter-relationships-have/)

[Dan Fogelman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-fogelman/)

> [My first jobs were at Pixar and John Lasseter just doing animation would always allow actors to do that, and then animate to that.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-fogelman/my-first-jobs-were-at-pixar-and-john-lasseter-just-doing-animation/)

[Dan Fogelman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-fogelman/)

> [They always say, doing what I do for a living, write what you know and then people will respond to it. I luckily had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-fogelman/they-always-say-doing-what-i-do-for-a-living-write-what-you-know-and/)

[Dan Fogelman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-fogelman/)

> [Nobody is out to sabotage an entire script and do an improvisational experiment of a movie, but when they're feeling something in the moment,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-fogelman/nobody-is-out-to-sabotage-an-entire-script-and-do-an-improvisational/)

[Dan Fogelman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-fogelman/)

> [ I couldn't understand her \[my mother's\] wiring, all the time. I couldn't understand how she denied herself pleasure and enjoyment in life. As my… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-fogelman/i-couldn-t-understand-her-my-mother-s-wiring-all-the-time-i-couldn-t/)

[Dan Fogelman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-fogelman/)

> [I adored my mom. I thought she was the best. I loved her very much.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-fogelman/i-adored-my-mom-i-thought-she-was-the-best-i-loved-her-very-much/)

[Dan Fogelman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-fogelman/)

> [I'd always thought that, in all the great sci-fi constructs, there's always the guy who seems like he's the commander, but then you reveal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-fogelman/i-d-always-thought-that-in-all-the-great-sci-fi-constructs-there-s/)

[Dan Fogelman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-fogelman/)

> [Some of my favorite movies have explored the father-son dynamic, in a very loving way. It can be complicated, but at the end, it's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-fogelman/some-of-my-favorite-movies-have-explored-the-father-son-dynamic-in-a/)

[Dan Fogelman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-fogelman/)

> [If something good was happening in my life, I'd call my mom to let her know. If something bad was happening, she'd be somebody…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-fogelman/if-something-good-was-happening-in-my-life-i-d-call-my-mom-to-let-her/)

[Dan Fogelman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-fogelman/)

> [I was trying to get the slightly more cinematic version of my relationship with my mom, which I think was a really common relationship.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-fogelman/i-was-trying-to-get-the-slightly-more-cinematic-version-of-my/)

[Dan Fogelman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-fogelman/)

> [“And suddenly I was an accountant who was popping out of bed in the morning, excited to get to work. That doesn't happen to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-fogelman/and-suddenly-i-was-an-accountant-who-was-popping-out-of-bed-in-the/)

[Dan Fogelman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-fogelman/)

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