Derek Bok Quotes

After every war someone has to tidy up.

For storytelling purposes, there has to be conflict, but that doesn't mean the people have to be mean. I've never liked mean-spirited comedy.

When you're a writer, you're always looking for conflict. It's conflict that drives great stories.

So instead of talking about theoretical ways of ending the war and violence, I say that we have to get rid of the individual asholes in each office and situation.

The only people that can make peace are the parties to the conflict, and just as they are responsible for the conflict and its consequences, so should they be given responsibility and recognition for the peace.

Next to coming to a good understanding with a new mistress, I love a quarrel with an old one.

I picked up the phone and called Herbert Hainer, the CEO of Adidas, and said, 'Well, it's Peace Day coming up. I think it's about time after 60 years to end this feud. How about doing something together?'

I can fight, but that's the only thing I can do. When it comes to anything other than fighting or talking, I'm not very good.

If I were you, I would start training your grandchildren as Bosnia peacekeepers.

You won't have a story unless you have conflict, which means if there's no conflict in a situation, people look for a way to make some.

We tried to limit human versus human conflict only to those cases where it could be powerfully motivated and made completely believable.

I think conflict is one of the things that makes for a good story.

We have to see conflict as thinking and then get really good at it.

Most of my good friends have fights with me. Those guys know that I was in martial arts for 12 years fighting on the circuit.

Families At War' is a show we are very proud of. It was a great show.

If crowds give you abuse, there's no point standing there and giving it them back; you just move on.

Fighting lives and dies; you can't fight forever.

I usually fight a lot. 2015, I fought three times. I fought three of the best guys in the entire world.

I've had a lot of fights, and they haven't all gone my way.

I had my first fight in August of 2009 and haven't looked back since.

People think after the fight you get to sit around and relax and all that. But really, people come around and family and all that, so it's a whole 'nother responsibility you have to take care of.

If two guys want to go see each other, let them be in the middle, let them throw some punches, then break it up.

Any time there's a wedge or a secret put between two people in a group, it's an obstacle - but there's also a chance to get over it and become closer.

It's not that I don't enjoy fighting. I don't enjoy the circumstances around fighting.

I have a bad habit of fighting to the level of my competition.