Dagwood Bumstead was a great ...

Dagwood Bumstead was a great unrecognized hero of American literature. He showed up every day, he got knocked down every day, he never got to eat his sandwich every day, the dog jumped on him every day, his wife was giving him a hard time and he showed up every day.
 James L. Brooks

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It never stops, accepting that fact is difficult. I took some time out for life.
 James L. Brooks
I've done it with Broadcast News-where there was no finish line, there was no agenda that I had to move all the characters to this point, that I was sort of open to what happens.
 James L. Brooks