Been Quote by George C. Wolfe Download Open image “If I hadn't told stories, I would've been a historian.” — George C. Wolfe ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.6 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Been Historian History Stories Storytelling
I am not a qualified historian, but rather a teller of stories from history. — Princess Michael of Kent Copy Share Image
As a historian, what I trust is my ability to take a mass of information and tell a story shaped around it. — Doris Kearns Goodwin Copy Share Image
So much history can be lost if no one tells the story -- so that's what I do. I tell the stories. This is… — Alanis Obomsawin Copy Share Image
This is what I would have done if I had to have a real job: I would have been a history teacher. — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Copy Share Image
History's like a story in a way: it depends on who's telling it. — Dorothy Salisbury Davis Copy Share Image
I considered that I had to write stories about the people I had met, with whom I'd worked, the history of my books -… — Anatoly Rybakov Copy Share Image
First and foremost, telling historical stories is very tricky because it is something that is known. It is not like you can tell a… — Anthony Hemingway Copy Share Image
If history were taught in the form of stories, it would never be forgotten. — Rudyard Kipling Copy Share Image
I could program a 'fabulous, I love it' kind of hit season right now. I'm more interested in breaking boundaries, telling a story, defying… — George C. Wolfe Copy Share Image
The world doesn't see a lot of gray. The world sees black and white, and then it understands. — George C. Wolfe Copy Share Image
You adjust what you do depending on the actor. You evolve a vocabulary and a way of language and talking with each actor. — George C. Wolfe Copy Share Image
A lot of '20s musicals were a hodgepodge of melodrama, mixed with operetta and romance, and then some sense of modernism and some sense… — George C. Wolfe Copy Share Image
There is a real affection for these human beings on these stage that O'Neill really had. Out of that affection comes a lot of… — George C. Wolfe Copy Share Image
Our lives are connected in ways we can't imagine. They're connected even before we know they're connected. — George C. Wolfe Copy Share Image
If you have the talent and passion and commitment, you shouldn't be locked out of the room. — George C. Wolfe Copy Share Image
When you're writing, in theory, everybody is serving you. When you're directing, you're serving everybody - in the guise of acting like everybody's serving… — George C. Wolfe Copy Share Image
Commercial theater, in its agenda to appeal to everybody, is often at the expense of the unique vision of the artist. — George C. Wolfe Copy Share Image
Doing any kind of culture in America in which you are not trying to affirm a European aesthetic is war. — George C. Wolfe Copy Share Image
I was raised to believe that other people's suffering was my responsibility. — George C. Wolfe Copy Share Image
When I was trying to come up with a stage name, I thought 'Lord' was super rad, but really masculine - ever since I… — Lorde Copy Share Image
I once told someone I could act. They totally bought it. I've been getting away with it ever since. — Akshay Kumar Copy Share Image
Amongst the financial Twitterati, the term 'muppets' has come to describe any client used and abused by some financial predator. I've adopted the term… — Barry Ritholtz Copy Share Image
Here's the reality. The image of a white Jesus has been used to justify enslavement, conquest, colonialism, the genocide of indigenous peoples. There are… — Tim Wise Copy Share Image
I would have done well as a gypsy child, I think. A circus baby. I coulda played a great street urchin or ragamuffin. Or… — Natasha Lyonne Copy Share Image
A lot of people have been saying 'The 100' reminds them of 'Lord Of The Flies,' 'Lost' and 'Battlestar Galactica,' and all of those… — Marie Avgeropoulos Copy Share Image
I'm a character actor - always have been, always will be - and historically, character actors don't come into their own until later in… — Annie Potts Copy Share Image
Well, I've been politically involved for a really long time. Growing up in the segregated South, it was a very painful experience for me… — Cybill Shepherd Copy Share Image
I've seen guys come along with more ability - they've been faster or bigger or stronger - but they never worked hard to develop… — Steve Largent Copy Share Image
I have always been a big meta guy because I think the way journalism is practiced in Washington, and the way everyone sort of… — Mark Leibovich Copy Share Image
Windmills and solar cells are carbon-free sources of electricity. But they are costly. If you've been investing in those, give it up. That game… — Kenneth Fisher Copy Share Image
