We don't experience our lives as plots. If I asked you to tell me what your last week was like, you're not really gonna give me plot. You're gonna give me sort of linked narrative. And I wanted to see how do we bring that into fiction without losing the reader. Teju Cole askbringexperience share on social
For me, my writing benefits from my experience. Ta-Nehisi Coates benefitexperiencewrite Change image and share on social
In theater, there's a lot of work to do to build the characters. It's a great experience. Tcheky Karyo buildcharacterexperience Change image and share on social
Hill Street Blues might have been the first television show that had a memory. One episode after another was part of a cumulative experience shared by the audience. Steven Bochco audiencebluecumulative Change image and share on social
I took a workshop from him a few months after that. That experience changed my whole approach to photography. At that workshop in Yosemite in 1973 I decided I wanted to try and see if I could pursue this for myself, and I'm still trying. John Sexton approachchangedecide share on social
Having photographed the landscape for a number of years and specifically working with trees and in the forest I found, without consciously thinking about it, that it was a great learning experience for me in terms of organizing elements. John Sexton consciouslyelementexperience share on social
I write things in my house, and hopefully there's a reader out there who enjoys it and has an experience with it, but that's very different than a performer on stage, where there's an immediate dance with the audience. It's incredibly powerful. Stacey D'Erasmo audiencedanceenjoy share on social
The world is the true classroom. The most rewarding and important type of learning is through experience, seeing something with our own eyes. Jack Hanna classroomexperienceeye Change image and share on social
I'm only interested in science fiction that's used as a literary device, a shortcut into something more exploratory or universal about our experience. That's why I think it was invented and why mythology was invented; it's a tool, not an end to itself. Shane Carruth deviceendexperience share on social
Theatre should be a taxing experience: the greatest achievement of a writer is to produce a character who creates anxiety. Howard Barker achievementanxietycharacter Change image and share on social