All Quotes

In the world we make good as evil and evil as good.
‐‐ Jim Caviezel

In the worst memoirs, you can feel the author justifying himself - forgiving himself - in every paragraph. In the best memoirs, the author is tougher on him- or herself than his or her readers will ever be.
‐‐ Darin Strauss

In the writers' room, when we talk about each episode, we first talk about the character journey of the episode.
‐‐ Marc Guggenheim

In the writing of memoirs, as in the production of shows, too much caution causes the audience to nod and think of other channels.
‐‐ Gerald Clarke

In the writing of novels, there is the problem of how to shape a narrative.
‐‐ Gore Vidal

In the writing of poetry we never know anything for sure. We will never know if we have 'trained' or 'practised' enough. We will never be able to say that we have reached grade eight, or that we have left the grades behind and are now embarked on an advanced training.
‐‐ James Fenton

In the writing process, the more a story cooks, the better.
‐‐ Doris Lessing

In the X-Men the women are so strong and sexy! We really kick some male butt!
‐‐ Halle Berry

In the year 1857, passing through Washington on our return from the annual visit to Philadelphia, I had the distinguished honor of visiting a President for the first time.
‐‐ John Sergeant Wise

In the year 1915 a series of trivial incidents led some Chinese students in Cornell University to take up the question of reforming the Chinese language.
‐‐ Hu Shih

In the year 3000, everything will be instant.
‐‐ Dane Cook

In the year and a half I was on SNL, I never saw anybody ad lib anything. For a very good reason - the director cut according to the script. So, if you ad libbed, you'd be off mike and off camera.
‐‐ Harry Shearer

In the year of 1957, I experienced, by the grace of God, a spiritual awakening, which was to lead me to a richer, fuller, more productive life.
‐‐ John Coltrane

In the year of our Lord 2010, the voters of the United States elected the worst Congress in the history of the Republic. There have been Congresses more dilatory. There have been Congresses more irresponsible, though not many of them.
‐‐ Charlie Pierce

In the year since we brought things into the open with a clean breath of fresh air at City Hall, we have learned about corrupt spending practices and unethical conflicts of interest that waste your money... and keep Dallas from being the great city of our dreams.
‐‐ Laura Miller

In the years after the expedition to Chad, I started the Honnold Foundation, a small nonprofit that was my attempt to do something positive in the world. I sought out projects that both helped the environment and improved peoples' standards of living. The more I researched, the more I gravitated toward solar.
‐‐ Alex Honnold

In the years between 2000 and 2004, I always got the feeling that people were just starting to hear about me, and they were all late to the game. I'd be out playing shows for records that I recorded back in 1999 that were just coming out.
‐‐ Ariel Pink

In the years just after 9/11, even being breathed on by a suspected terrorist could land you in extralegal detention for the rest of your life.
‐‐ Matt Taibbi

In the years just before... during the Carter years, the Soviets regularly violated, if you will, both the spirit and theletter of arms control agreements, I think, that they had negotiated during the period of detente.
‐‐ Jeane Kirkpatrick

In the years since 9/11, more terrorists have been created through this President's policies than were captured or killed. There weren't any terrorists in Iraq in 2003, but there are now.
‐‐ Bill Pascrell

In the years since I worked with John Hughes, there were many years where I literally had hundred of doors slammed in my face because I wasn't that kid anymore, and I wasn't a character actor, and I wasn't a leading man, and I wasn't whatever Hollywood was looking for.
‐‐ Anthony Michael Hall

In the years that I've seen concerts, when I've paid to see somebody I want to see, there would be a certain amount of songs I'd want to hear. So whether it's stuff I want to play every night or not - or stuff I've been playing for years or stuff you get tired of playing - you have to play what people pay for and make it fair for them.
‐‐ Toby Keith

In the years that I worked in museums, first as a summer student and eventually as a curator, one of the primary lessons I learned was this: History is shaped by the people who seek to preserve it. We, of the present, decide what to keep, what to put on display, what to put into storage, and what to discard.
‐‐ Susanna Kearsley

In the years to come, I hope there will be Bill Rancic towers right alongside the Trump towers.
‐‐ Bill Rancic

In the years to come, the combination of climate change and population growth could have a devastating effect on the planet and, needless to say, on humanity.
‐‐ Nathaniel Philbrick

In the years when teenagers really need to be connected to somebody, they aren't; especially in small towns where kids are bored and look for something to get them going.
‐‐ Dash Mihok

In the younger days of the Republic there lived in the county of - two men, who were admitted on all hands to be the very best men In the county; which, in the Georgia vocabulary, means they could flog any other two men in the county.
‐‐ Augustus Baldwin Longstreet

In theater and dance, I was trying to win someone's approval, trying to get in, trying to be good. It felt out of my control, whereas music suddenly felt like this free expression. It was fun.
‐‐ Susanna Hoffs

In theater, blood is ketchup; in performance, everything's real.
‐‐ Marina Abramovic

In theater or movies you see either 'I'm religious' or 'I'm an atheist.' I've never seen too much discussion of 'I believe there's a higher power but I'm hesitant to reach out to him because I don't know if I'm worthy of his attention.'
‐‐ Zach Braff

In theater, the playwright is the boss, period. The decisions will go through him or her. In movies, the writer is pretty far down on the list.
‐‐ Tracy Letts

In theater, the show must go on, so you train yourself to be able to nail it every single time because that's what the audience deserves, and that's the magic of live theater.
‐‐ Corey Reynolds

In theater, the wellspring of the character comes from the doing of it, like a trial by fire, but in front of an audience.
‐‐ Estelle Parsons

In theater, there's a lot of work to do to build the characters. It's a great experience.
‐‐ Tcheky Karyo

In theater, they say a theater piece is only as good as its transitions.
‐‐ Reggie Watts

In theater, we know a scheduled season months in advance.
‐‐ Allison Tolman

In theater, you are there, you have a character, you have a play, you have a light, you have a set, you have an audience, and you're in control, and every night is different depending on you and the relationship with the other actors. It's as simple as that.
‐‐ Diego Luna

In theater, you get to rehearse several weeks, you memorize everything, and by the time you open, you know what the play is. In film, it's almost the opposite. You do your work on your own and maybe have a couple of minutes to rehearse. When the camera rolls, you generally don't know what's going to happen.
‐‐ Seth Numrich

In theater, you go in-depth with your character, so coming to the States, it was inevitable to dig into the pilots I liked. I knew what characters I was going to be reading for, so I would dissect them and really get involved with them.
‐‐ Adan Canto

In theater, you have a rehearsal period and you know just who to be.
‐‐ Marcia Gay Harden

In theater, you're allowed to take your time and sit in a role for a month before you have to share it with anybody. In film and TV, you have to just kind of show up and be ready to do that, which, to me, is very strange and crazy.
‐‐ Cory Michael Smith

In theater, you're playing characters. You believe you're somebody else, and you're acting.
‐‐ Gene Simmons

In theater, you really work out the kinks and figure out exactly what you want to do and what we want to say, so by the time we have an audience, we're really prepared. With TV, you have a day... Sometimes, just a few hours.
‐‐ Amber Stevens

In theater, you sometimes can only do one or two jobs a year because they're long periods. In film, you can shoot so many. It's quite interesting.
‐‐ Luke Evans

In theater, you've got to be aware of your whole body because it involves stamina. It involves two-and-a-half hours and a sustained release of energy, maybe for six months.
‐‐ Alan Rickman

In theatre, once you've got the character and you've got things together, you can relax into it. Film has a different feel - you don't get that through line of not stopping. Theatre is like a snowball gathering momentum and getting bigger, whereas in film, it's a bit stop and start - but you do tend to adjust to that quite easily.
‐‐ Sean Bean

In theatre, there's no time for a proper meal.
‐‐ Tamsin Greig

In theatre, there's the director, the writer, and below them the actor. In film, it's the actors who are most important. That goes against the grain for me.
‐‐ Anne-Marie Duff

In theatre, you've got to make the connect with your audience in the first three minutes. If you haven't, you know you've almost lost them.
‐‐ Om Puri