I think you can tilt too far to the side of the story where the message is just simply entertainment. So I… — Max Lucado Copy Share Image
Today, [theatre's] more likely to be consciously not aimed at the public, but at a more sophisticated or educated public. . .… — Arthur Miller Copy Share Image
The craft with which the world is made runs also into the mind and character of men. No man is quite sane;… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Kun-Yang Lin is a young Taiwanese choreographer with strong American modern dance roots. (His) New York debut at the Cunningham studio were… — Jennifer Dunning Copy Share Image
If this were a [Hollywood] studio film, I wouldn't have pushed my father into a table, I would have beat him up.… — Noah Wyle Copy Share Image
Insofar as we, critics of the black tradition, master our craft, we serve both to preserve our own traditions and to shape… — Henry Louis Gates Copy Share Image
This is about the daily ins and outs of a marriage. I don't want to give away the ending, but they are… — Rob Reiner Copy Share Image
Every writer I admire is my teacher. If you look at it, and if you care to read carefully enough and to… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
We spent a long time learning the craft of songwriting, Roger Glover and I, for a few years before we joined Deep… — Ian Gillan Copy Share Image
There is at the moment in the world a battle going on between those who are pursuing materialistic paths-globalizers of economic growth… — Satish Kumar Copy Share Image
The mathematical question is "Why?" It's always why. And the only way we know how to answer such questions is to come… — Paul Lockhart Copy Share Image
I try to be aware of what I'm concerned about, aware of how I feel about myself in the world, aware of… — Chang-Rae Lee Copy Share Image
Originally the structure was . . . a modern narrator who would appear intermittently and talk about his memories of his grandmother,… — David Henry Hwang Copy Share Image
Having a background in doing printmaking and letterpress, I think that I became very interested in images that were flat and graphic.… — Margaret Kilgallen Copy Share Image
I have two different categories of favorite films. One is the emotional favorites, which means these are generally films that I saw… — John Carpenter Copy Share Image
Don’t look at other people and compare yourself. Just do the work. Because when the opportunity is there, you have to be… — Tika Sumpter Copy Share Image
A mighty fortress is our God, a bulwark never failing; Our helper He, amid the flood of mortal ills prevailing: For still… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
A lot of people will say, "Oh, I got into acting because I wanted to explore my craft." They're a bunch of… — Charlie Sheen Copy Share Image
There is the "you" that people see and then there is the "rest of you". Take some time and craft a picture… — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
One reason people who spend a lot of time thinking about and working on a problem or a craft seem to find… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
For the second straight year, craft beer is the fastest growing segment of the U.S. alcoholic beverage industry. In 2005, craft beer… — Sherwood Boehlert Copy Share Image
Justice Sandra Day O'Connor brought critical qualities to the high court that not everybody thinks are qualities - I happen to think… — Joe Biden Copy Share Image
Every serious novel is, beyond its immediate thematic preoccupations, a discussion of the craft, a conquest of the form, a conflict with… — Ralph Ellison Copy Share Image
I have been privileged to grow up retaining the love of good journalism, the craft, while learning its business: the dollars and… — Lachlan Murdoch Copy Share Image
Be sure that the reason you are in the business is not to be a star, but because you love the craft… — Donna Mills Copy Share Image
Translation is a disturbing craft because there is precious little certainty about what we are doing, which makes it so difficult in… — Gregory Rabassa Copy Share Image
. . . the cruel part is that, to let the play live, you have to surrender control and let your characters… — Tina Howe Copy Share Image
Sail the main course in a simple sturdy craft. Keep her well stocked with short stories and long laughs. Go fast enough… — Jimmy Buffett Copy Share Image
Diplomacy, of course, is a subtle and nuanced craft, so much so that it's said that when the most wily diplomat of… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
It helps immerse yourself in what you potentially want to do. Being involved, learning firsthand and observing the craft and absorbing all… — Giada De Laurentiis Copy Share Image
Writing is not magic. It’s a craft, a process, a set of steps. As with any process, things sometimes break down. Even… — Roy Peter Clark Copy Share Image
The biggest challenge for any craft person or artist is to accept the constraints of their medium and make something beautiful despite… — Ayelet Waldman Copy Share Image
I realized I was not a great musical technician, if I was going to make anything interesting it would have to come… — Jeffrey Lewis Copy Share Image
So somehow, things that seem extraneous to the play in reality are not. The scene lasts 37 minutes, and you only need… — August Wilson Copy Share Image
We've trained and trained for a reason: to be better at the craft of war than our enemy, to use our skill… — Marcus Luttrell Copy Share Image
I try to work hard. I'm really proud of what I get to do as a living. I still pinch myself. But… — Benedict Cumberbatch Copy Share Image
I am not a historian. I happen to think that the content of my mother's life - her myths, her superstitions, her… — August Wilson Copy Share Image
It is by losing ourselves in inquiry, creation & craft that we become something. Civilization is a continual gift of spirit: inventions,… — Paul Goodman Copy Share Image
I was turned down by every record label in L.A. Perseverance is three quarters of the game. Talent's only a quarter. Being… — Sheryl Crow Copy Share Image
Improvisation is a great mystery. You play something, and you play an answer to it. Then you play something to wrap it… — Jimmy Knepper Copy Share Image