Mike Nichols Holds Quotations

Very often when a story really holds us, it gets pushed away because it's too close for comfort.

The greatest thrill is that moment when a thousand people are sitting in the dark, looking at the same scene, and they are all apprehending something that has not been spoken. That's the thrill of it, the miracle - that's what holds us to movies forever. It's what we wish we could do in real life.