"The simpler you say it, the more eloquent…" — August Wilson

"The simpler you say it, the more eloquent it is."

— August Wilson

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55 Quotes by August Wilson

August Wilson has 55 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

Use the pain as fuel, as a reminder of your strength.
Your demons will cause your angels to sing. Use the pain as fuel.
I'm trying to take culture and put it onstage, demonstrate it is capable of sustaining you. There is no idea…
I ain't never found no place for me to fit. Seem like all I do is start over. It ain't…
You got to take the crookeds with the straights. That's what Papa used to say.
As soon as white folks say a play's good, the theater is jammed with blacks and whites.
Between speeches and awards, you can find something to do every other week. It's hard to write. Your focus gets…
Blacks have traditionally had to operate in a situation where whites have set themselves up as the custodians of the…
For me, the original play becomes an historical document: This is where I was when I wrote it, and I…
Suffice it to say, I'm not poor.
I first got involved in theater in 1968, at the height of a social tumult. I was a poet.
I know some things when I start. I know, let's say, that the play is going to be a 1970s…

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More Editing Quotes

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I don't like camera trickery and editing and doubles and all of that. — Drew Barrymore
There's a great power in words, if you don't hitch too many of them together. — Josh Billings
Metaphors have a way of holding the most truth in the least space. — Orson Scott Card
I don't do any research. It's all about gut. Editing - it's always about gut. — Graydon Carter
The greatest thing that prepared me for editing 'Vanity Fair' was having four kids because you just learn to subjugate… — Graydon Carter
I can't drag myself away from 'Final Cut Pro.' It is a digital video editing system. I am obsessed with… — Margaret Cho
I don't come from a film background. I haven't learned anything about films or film-making. But I have a thirst… — Priyanka Chopra
Part of what makes a language 'alive' is its constant evolution. I would hate to think Britain would ever emulate… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
Everyone needs an editor. — Timothy Foote
Many writers profess great exactness in punctuation who never yet made a point. — George D. Prentice
Editing might be a bloody trade. But knives aren't the exclusive property of butchers. Surgeons use them too. — Blake Morrison
Grammar is the logic of speech, even as logic is the grammar of reason. — Richard Chenevix Trench

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