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Than Quotes by Tony Kushner
- You have to have hope. It's irresponsible to give false hope, which I think a lot of playwrights are guilty of. But I also think…
- When I teach writing, I always tell my students you should assume that the audience you're writing for is smarter than you. You can't write…
- Who knows better than artists how much ugliness there is on the way to beauty, how many ghastly, mortifying missteps, how many days of granitic…
- One of the things I learned in 'Slavs!' is that it's much easier to talk about being gay than it is to talk about being…
- God knows I've had productions where there were actors in my plays who were making more money per week than I was.
- I think I'll always be a better playwright than a pundit, but I believe that writers should be public intellectuals and that theater, even more…
- I'm happy that I feel a little less out of place in filmmaking than I once was - but it's almost impossible for a playwright…
More Than Quotes
- I'm hoping someday that some kid, black or white, will hit more home runs than myself. Whoever it is, I'd be pulling… — Hank Aaron
- Under conditions of tyranny it is far easier to act than to think. — Hannah Arendt
- Economic growth may one day turn out to be a curse rather than a good, and under no conditions can it either… — Hannah Arendt
- No punishment has ever possessed enough power of deterrence to prevent the commission of crimes. On the contrary, whatever the punishment, once… — Hannah Arendt
- I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth than adore… — Pietro Aretino
- I keep my friends as misers do their treasure, because, of all the things granted us by wisdom, none is greater or… — Pietro Aretino
- As a kid, 'Star Wars' was much more my thing than 'Star Trek' was. — J. J. Abrams
- Why, I'd like nothing better than to achieve some bold adventure, worthy of our trip. — Aristophanes
- Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those… — Aristotle
- I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self. — Aristotle
- The ultimate value of life depends upon awareness and the power of contemplation rather than upon mere survival. — Aristotle
- Mothers are fonder than fathers of their children because they are more certain they are their own. — Aristotle