When in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to assume that their president, hostile to the principles that formed the nat…

- David Shapiro

There is a lot of silence in watching somebody trying to remember things.

- David Shapiro

I'm better at being a lawyer than I am at being a writer.

- David Shapiro

I don't necessarily believe in the ideology of cinema verité. I think by the very fact that you have a camera there you are affecting the story and y…

- David Shapiro

I love being a lawyer more than I like writing.

- David Shapiro

I always expose the apparatus. I show how the film was made. I acknowledge the filmmaker and the filmmaking.

- David Shapiro

I wanted my book to make people cry, but I feel like I'm the only person who my book is going to make cry, if they show me the sales numbers.

- David Shapiro

I believe that sitting naked across from your adversary in a steam room makes negotiations more productive.

- David Shapiro

We all have a family and I think we all have a perception of our family that we like to keep and we all have our positive memories in a certain way. …

- David Shapiro