Look, architecture has a lot of places to HIDE behind, a lot of excuses. 'The client made me do this.' 'The CITY made me do this.' 'Oh, the budget.' I don't believe that ANYMORE.

I've always THOUGHT that maybe I need to do a live-action movie, have it MAKE a lot of MONEY, and then come back and have a bigger budget for ANIMATION and do more with that.

I have encountered those who feel that libraries have served their purpose and are no longer NEEDED. There are those who CONSIDER them a soft target when it comes to local authority budget cuts. In certain political quarters, there is a REFUSAL to see that our public library SERVICE NEEDS active protection.

My APPROACH to CUTTING spending as president, is to do a ten percent across the board CUT of all federal agencies, and then ask each of my new agency heads to FIND another ten percent by drilling down. That's what you do in business to come up with approximately 20 percent cuts for the first fiscal year BUDGET.

Only those who are ideologically opposed to military PROGRAMS THINK of the DEFENSE budget as the first and best place to GET resources for social WELFARE needs.

It's quite OBVIOUS that the 'Dark Souls' franchise is reaching a turning point, and I'm happy that I have a greater budget for the third GAME, as well as the creative freedom to MAKE my own DECISIONS. But if there were some restrictions about what I was creating, I DEFINITELY wouldn't want to work on it.

'Radio' was MADE at a budget of Rs 6 crore. Thankfully, the MONEY invested in MAKING the FILM was recovered through music.

Most of all, however, critics of black conservatives SAY we've forgotten where we came from. I MAY forget a federal budget number or, God forbid, to SET the alarm clock for my weekly 6 a.m. flight to Washington, but I know EXACTLY where I came from.

The truth is that I didn't start out making commercial movies. My films were not FILM festival movies with the POSSIBLE exception SLIGHTLY of 'Super,' but I was able to nurture my GIFTS through the works of artists making lower budget films that needed a place and an outlet.

When completed, the BUDGET must PROVIDE the SERVICES we have PROMISED to our CONSTITUENTS.

While it's TRUE a small treat won't BLOW your budget, indulging every day could - the same way a SLICE of cake probably won't hurt but, if you MAKE it a daily habit, you may have trouble fitting in your pants.

It's certainly possible to live on a SNAP BUDGET, but it's IMPOSSIBLE to FEED yourself or your family healthy, nutritious food.