David Brooks Trying Quotations

We are a democratic, egalitarian people who spend our days desperately trying to climb over each other.

I do think trying to live each day as a bunch of moral occasions, did I live up to what I would hope, and, if I didn't, what can I do tomorrow to be a little better, I do think we can improve. We get better at life as we get older.

I want to try to make big films that hopefully connect with people.

As a director, I like trying to unlock the subtext of the scene and try to put the camera in a place that helps that.

I learned I'm not a science writer. I'm not very good at describing how something is happening. I try to describe "So What?"

We live in a culture that encourages us to be big about ourselves, and I think the starting point of trying to build inner goodness is to be a little bit smaller about yourself.