A Quote by Jerzy Kosinski
[Nabokov's] language is made visible . . . like a veil or transparent curtain. You cannot help seeing the curtain as you peek into the intimate rooms behind.
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For pilots sometimes see behind the curtain, behind the veil of gossamer velvet, and find the truth behind man, the force behind a universe.
I don't think it's a director's job to peek behind the curtain too much.
If you peek behind the curtain at any type of company, you'll see that things are far less organized than you'd expect.
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