So we gravitated to shows and issues and causes that made people care. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes care gravitate issue
It crossed our minds early on that the more an audience cared - we were working before, on average, 240, live people. If you could get them caring - the more they cared, the harder they laughed. Norman Lear audienceaveragecare Change image and share on social
I wanted to just do a one-act play for 26 minutes, with commercials at the beginning and end. For years, I couldn't get my way. They wanted to interrupt three times. Norman Lear actbegincommercial Change image and share on social
That's the heart of it: My shows were not that controversial with the American people. They were controversial with the people who think for the American people. Norman Lear americancontroversialheart Change image and share on social
To ask questions can become the laziest and wobbliest occupation of a mind, but when you must yourself answer the problem that you have posed, you will meditate your question with care and frame it with precision. James Stephens answercareframe share on social
I watch comedies most of the time. That's what I gravitate toward. But I think the kinds of roles people see me in are sort of the opposite of that. I'm not really sure why. Julia Stiles comedygravitatekind Change image and share on social
It got to the point where most of my time went toward writing novels. I would still occasionally write short stories, but only when I was commissioned by an editor to write for a themed anthology or special issue. Tim Pratt anthologycommissioneditor share on social
