Books Quote by Carol Shields

The novels were an escape from reality in the sense that we could marvel at their beauty and perfection. Curiously, the novels we escaped…

— Azar Nafisi

It's tricky with monologues, and I never like to use that word. Like I told the actors, you are talking to somebody; there is…

— Denzel Washington

Our true history is scarcely ever deciphered by others. The chief part of the drama is a monologue, or rather an intimate debate between…

— Henri Frederic Amiel

I feel like any single woman of color who's been onstage has a Shakespeare monologue in her back pocket, and a monologue from 'For…

— Kerry Washington

I'm not talking to anyone, I'm delivering a monologue. It's the inebriated man's prerogative.

— Carlos Ruiz Zafon

I actually did an Agatha Christie monologue for my audition showcase at Guildhall, and that's how I got my agent. Some people said 'ooh…

— Thomas Howes

You have Cameron Crowe write an incredible monologue for you just based on the things that you're talking about. It just became this opportunity…

— Scarlett Johansson

["Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas"] is a very hard book to translate to film because there's so much interior monologue. The what if…

— Hunter S. Thompson

When I get up to speak tonight, it's kind of a monologue. When I am talking with someone one-on-one, it's a dialogue. I ask…

— Greg Laurie

Media used to be one way. Everyone else in the world just had to listen. Now the internet is allowing what used to be…

— Joseph Gordon-Levitt

Training is vital. You need to know the technical aspects of acting, just in case someone hands you a monologue and simply says, 'Cry…

— Kali Hawk

I had to invest in the love and understand that with the love comes the pain. So when he tells me that, the monologue…

— Viola Davis

Theatre aside, my penchant for the extended monologue began with my reading of Browning's dramatic monologues, in high school. My inclination to adopt the…

— Norman Lock

There should be a rule against your own inner monologue throwing around that much sarcasm.

— Jim Butcher

I must remind the right honourable gentleman that a monologue is not a decision.

— Clement Attlee