As writers and readers, as sinners and citizens, our realism and our aesthetic sense make us wary of crediting the positive note.
Quotes about crediting (4 Quotes)
Could I have but a line a century hence crediting a contribution to the advance of peace, I would yield every honor which has been accorded by war.
I think that music videos began to be approached by young filmmakers as a form where they could do something interesting and innovative around the late '80s. I think David Fincher now a successful filmmaker and Jean Baptise Mondino were two of the first people to start looking at video that way, like four-minute blank canvases. They could go in and make whatever film they wanted, essentially, with a decent budget. So it became like film school for some really talented guys. Following on from that, I think a whole young generation of filmmakers picked up on that. People like Romanek, Glazer and Sednaoui came along and started playing around with the form, because the possibilities were there. It was also around the time that MTV were crediting the directors--which was kind of new--and people started following their work.
Crediting Dick Cheney and this administration's policies with the success of Harley-Davidson - or any other American manufacturing plant - is like awarding the Nobel Peace Prize to China for its actions at Tien An Men Square.