“Get it down. Take chances. It may be bad, but it's the only way you can do anything good.”
William Faulkner (1897–1962) American writer
“You're only good if you can do bad and decide not to.”
— Richard Ford, book Canada
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Context: The film industry is a great industry with infinite possibilities for good and bad. Its primary purpose is to entertain people. On the side, it can do many other things. It can popularize certain ideals, it can make education palatable. But in the long run, the judge who decides whether what it does is good or bad is the man or woman who attends the movies. In a democratic country I do not think the public will tolerate a removal of its right to decide what it thinks of the ideas and performances of those who make the movie industry work. (29 October 1947)