Bonnie Hammer - Hope is a key ingredient in what drives creativity

Hope is a key ingredient in what drives creativity - the hope of bringing to life what exists in the imagination, of transforming the ordinary into the extraordinary - so it's completely logical that Hollywood is the entertainment capital of the world. It's full of people bursting with the desire to make the world laugh, cry, think.

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Hammer, Bonnie. "Commencement Address." Boston University, 21 May 2017.

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