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> [Movies are to our civilization what dreams and ideals are to individual lives: They express the mystery and help define the nature of who we are and what we are becoming.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-pierson/movies-are-to-our-civilization-what-dreams-and-ideals-are-to/)

[Frank Pierson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-pierson/)

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## More by Frank Pierson

> [Movies are more than a commodity. Movies are to our civilization what dreams and ideals are to individual lives: They express the mystery and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-pierson/movies-are-more-than-a-commodity-movies-are-to-our-civilization-what/)

[Frank Pierson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-pierson/)

> [Even a very brief tape-delay introduces a form of censorship into the broadcast - not direct governmental control, but it means that a network…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-pierson/even-a-very-brief-tape-delay-introduces-a-form-of-censorship-into-the/)

[Frank Pierson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-pierson/)

> [A 'live' show is either alive or not. Free speech is free or it is not. Viewers are free to use their remote or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-pierson/a-live-show-is-either-alive-or-not-free-speech-is-free-or-it-is-not/)

[Frank Pierson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-pierson/)

> [Every business should have its biographer-not after its head is dead but to show that he's very much alive.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-pierson/every-business-should-have-its-biographer-not-after-its-head-is-dead/)

[Frank Pierson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-pierson/)

> [It used to be that we felt that when we went to a theater, a legitimate theater... that we were going to share an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-pierson/it-used-to-be-that-we-felt-that-when-we-went-to-a-theater-a/)

[Frank Pierson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-pierson/)

> [Sit down at ten o'clock in the morning and write anything that comes into my head until twelve. One of the few things I've…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-pierson/sit-down-at-ten-o-clock-in-the-morning-and-write-anything-that-comes/)

[Frank Pierson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-pierson/)

> [There's no question that the '70s themselves were really wide open. There was just so much being done at that time. Every year, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-pierson/there-s-no-question-that-the-70s-themselves-were-really-wide-open/)

[Frank Pierson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-pierson/)

> [Movies are to our civilization what dreams and ideals are to individual lives: They express the mystery and help define the nature of who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-pierson/movies-are-to-our-civilization-what-dreams-and-ideals-are-to/)

[Frank Pierson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-pierson/)

> [We need fewer philosophies and more philosophers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-pierson/we-need-fewer-philosophies-and-more-philosophers/)

[Frank Pierson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-pierson/)

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