Daniel Quinn: "It was not an independent production, it was a studio production, which means the producers had to deliver the goods that presumably work at the box office. The studio [Touchstone] wanted action, violence, and conflict---not philosophy---and that's what they got. Those are the realities of Hollywood.""The Ishmael Community: Questions and Answers". Archived from the original on 24 March 2006. Retrieved 7 March 2016.
Daniel Quinn: "It was not an independent production, it was a studio production, which means the producers had to deliver the goods that presumably work at the box office. The studio [Touchstone] wanted action, violence, and conflict---not philosophy---and that's what they got. Those are the realities of Hollywood.""The Ishmael Community: Questions and Answers". Archived from the original on 24 March 2006. Retrieved 7 March 2016.
