The writer crafts their ideal world. In my world, everyone has really long conversations or just picks apart pop culture to death… — Kevin Smith Copy Share Image
This is why I read novels: so I can escape my own unrelenting monologue. — Carol Shields Copy Share Image
For we live with those retrievals from childhood that coalesce and echo throughout our lives, the way shattered pieces of glass in… — Michael Ondaatje Copy Share Image
Well people love to go dirty and stuff like that. It's funny, because even really dirty things can kind of inspire, but… — Amy Poehler Copy Share Image
I told personal stories the way [Bill] Cosby would spin a yarn for ten minutes. I think in hindsight it works better… — Ed Helms Copy Share Image
I would take plays and I would cut out all the other dialogue and make long monologues because I felt the other… — Sally Field Copy Share Image
Great lecturers seldom hesitate to use dramatic tricks to enshrine their precepts in the minds of their audiences, and at Yale perhaps… — Louis Auchincloss Copy Share Image
I did not study science at school until I was 13, when I was totally turned on by a seemingly dreary old… — Robert Winston Copy Share Image
Our nation must engage with the rest of the world. But to be successful, we must listen. Our interaction with the world… — Dina Powell Copy Share Image
[True Detective] is an intense show, even in terms of the dialogue - there's a little rhythm to it, in particular in… — Michelle Monaghan Copy Share Image
I started by writing, with my partner Ed Simmons, a monologue for Danny Thomas, that he performed at Ciro's nightclub in Los… — Norman Lear Copy Share Image
I should say, a piece of advice that was given to me very early on by the principle of RADA (Royal Academy… — Ralph Fiennes Copy Share Image
I really needed to dramatize and clarify that Rachel was taking strides towards her own healing and her own sobriety - and… — Erin Cressida Wilson Copy Share Image
Just as blueprints don't necessarily specify blue buildings, selfish genes don't necessarily specify selfish organisms. As we shall see, sometimes the most… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
Maybe Bill Maher should just practice his monologue a few times before the show, so he wouldn't find it so hilarious. But… — Andy Kindler Copy Share Image
Prayer is not a monologue. It speaks to God and to the community. In the last analysis, religion is not what goes… — David Wolpe Copy Share Image
I consider my comedy to be dramatic comedy. I always wanted music underscoring the dramatic monologue. It was always drama with comedy,… — Molly Shannon Copy Share Image
If nobody talks about books, if they are not discussed or somehow contended with, literature ceases to be a conversation, ceases to… — Patricia Hampl Copy Share Image
Monologues, in some ways, are the most scientific descriptions of consciousness and even of gatherings. — George Saunders Copy Share Image
Screenwriting is always about what people say or do, whereas good writing is about a thought process or an abstract image or… — David Nicholls Copy Share Image
My brother Trev went to the Professional Performing Arts School in New York, and he used to do his monologues and stuff… — Chloe Grace Moretz Copy Share Image
I'm sorry, if you've been married for five minutes, you've sacrificed something, you've looked over at your partner and have gone, "Oh… — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
A lot of times if you want to get another agent, agents actually make you do monologues in their offices. They still… — Julie Halston Copy Share Image
When you're singing, it can be looked at as a monologue, in a way. If it's about telling a story and connecting… — Naturi Naughton Copy Share Image
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