My grandfather was a Holocaust survivor and his life and history were very formative to myself and my family. The almost unimaginable… — Jonathan Raymond Copy Share Image
I think these large bureaucratic institutions are created in some way explicitly to inoculate anyone from actual responsibility, to create a much… — Jonathan Raymond Copy Share Image
I always thought the point of life was something richer than that. Something full of great tragedy or comedy, reversal of fortune,… — Jonathan Raymond Copy Share Image
This book, 'Free bird', is so entangled with politics. I wanted to channel my own internal political monologue in some way to… — Jonathan Raymond Copy Share Image
I would never ever condone any violence of any kind. But in the theater of fiction, blood is delightful. — Jonathan Raymond Copy Share Image
I'm the type of spiritual person that doesn't speak openly about their spirituality. Irony is probably my religion. — Jonathan Raymond Copy Share Image
Yo can’t reason someone out of something he didn’t reason himself into. — Jonathan Raymond Copy Share Image
I found once you start writing about God it's really fun. It's like a rock singer saying "baby." "Baby, baby, baaayy-by." You start saying… — Jonathan Raymond Copy Share Image
I have a feeling the writers who find screenwriting difficult are usually just not lazy enough for the job. They don't know how to… — Jonathan Raymond Copy Share Image
Banks will fee you to death. If you bounce a check, the bank has a policy to re-post the check three more times to… — Jonathan Raymond Copy Share Image
I've often said, not totally jokingly, that screenwriting doesn't really qualify as real writing at all. You don't string sentences into paragraphs. You don't… — Jonathan Raymond Copy Share Image
Writing fiction is the 'job' I try to keep at the center of things. The movie stuff has been a wonderful accident, though not… — Jonathan Raymond Copy Share Image
I think Trump has made it really hard for people to read, period. He's made it hard for me anyway. Part of his evil… — Jonathan Raymond Copy Share Image
Technology requires knowledge and expertise more than it requires money. — Jonathan Raymond Copy Share Image
Can't make your payments? No problem. The interest charges keep on coming. In fact, banks prefer it that way. More money for them. The… — Jonathan Raymond Copy Share Image
As a book person and a movie person, I feel Jewish. My Dad was more Buddhist than anything, and on the West Coast I've… — Jonathan Raymond Copy Share Image
“To reset the accountability dynamic internally, Friends should have a level-setting conversation with each member of their team, to clarify goals, roles, and responsibilities.… — Jonathan Raymond Copy Share Image