An excerpt from Ang Lee's acceptance speech upon being presented with the Academy Award for Achievement in Direction for "Brokeback Mountain":
"Wow. I wish I knew how to quit you. First of all, i want to thank two people who don't even exist. Or I should say, they do exist, because of the imagination of Annie Proulx and the artistry of Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana. Their names are Ennis and Jack. And they taught all of us who made "Brokeback Mountain" so much about not just all the gay men and women whose love is denied by society but, just as important, the greatness of love itself."