Life Quote by Irwin Shaw Download Open image “Writing for the theater, you find yourself living a nocturnal life” — Irwin Shaw ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.4 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Life Nocturnal Theater Theatre Writing
“the theater is one of the few places left in the bright and noisy world where we sit in the quiet dark together, to… — Sarah Ruhl Copy Share Image
I'm always trying to convince myself there's something important about what I do. But some peoples' lives are really altered by a night at… — Jennifer Damiano Copy Share Image
The discipline of live theater - doing the same perfect thing night after night, eight times a week - never ceases to amaze me — Neil Patrick Harris Copy Share Image
The reason I became a writer is because I like sitting in dark rooms by myself, not standing on stage and talking to people. — Cord Jefferson Copy Share Image
Writing is the place where I can do it all and get away with it. You can't do that in the theatre. — Alice Ripley Copy Share Image
The theatre always felt like home, and it does to this day. When I do screen acting, I miss telling a story from beginning… — Rachael Stirling Copy Share Image
What I try to capture as a writer is the feeling of being alive, of being awake. — Jenny Offill Copy Share Image
Writing is such a solitary existence, and I can only do it late at night. — Paul O'Grady Copy Share Image
Acting is playing - it's actually going out on a playground with the other kids and being in the game, and I need that.… — Billy Bob Thornton Copy Share Image
This is something that I dream about: to live films, to arrive at the point at which one can live for films, can think… — Bernardo Bertolucci Copy Share Image
“The world," said Pavone, "will swing to the left. The whole world except America. The world will swing, not because people read Karl Marx,… — Irwin Shaw Copy Share Image
An absolutely necessary part of a writer's equipment, almost as necessary as talent, is the ability to stand up under punishment, both the punishment… — Irwin Shaw Copy Share Image
Special-interest magazines are dangerous places for writers to start out in because the writing quickly falls into a routine and people are likely to… — Irwin Shaw Copy Share Image
I haven't stuck to any formula. Most great writers stick to the same style, but I wanted to be more various — Irwin Shaw Copy Share Image
Writing is like a contact sport, like football. Why do kids play football? They can get hurt on any play, can't they? Yet they… — Irwin Shaw Copy Share Image
“This time it is not a simple, understandable war, within the same culture. This time it is an assault of the animal world upon… — Irwin Shaw Copy Share Image
A good editor understands what you're talking and writing about and doesn't meddle too much. — Irwin Shaw Copy Share Image
Writing is like a contact sport, like football. You can get hurt, but you enjoy it. — Irwin Shaw Copy Share Image
“The abuse of alcohol,” Mr. Parrish said in a solemn, preacher-like voice, as he reached for his glass, “is the one thing that puts… — Irwin Shaw Copy Share Image
Of all the people who have affected my life and influenced the choices I've made, none has been more important than my father. I… — Teddy Atlas Copy Share Image
What sets worlds in motion is the interplay of differences, their attractions and repulsions. Life is plurality, death is uniformity. By suppressing differences and… — Octavio Paz Copy Share Image
Life works most perfectly when a reciprocal love relationship is in place between man and God. — Beth Moore Copy Share Image
I value the experiences that come with life too much to sit by and not put my full effort into them. — Jim Miller Copy Share Image
Entertainment is a sacred pursuit when done well. When done well, it raises the quality of human life. — Michael Chabon Copy Share Image
“I've spent much of my life calling my intuition "something wrong with me.” — Deanna L. Lawlis Copy Share Image
When you do things they're absolutely right at that time for you and it can always teach you something about yourself. You can take… — Kym Marsh Copy Share Image
The only people who think the Internet is a calamity are people whose lives have been hurt by it; the only people who insist… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
The one thing that I keep learning over and over again is that I don't know nothing. I mean, that's my life lesson. — Dwayne Johnson Copy Share Image
“THIS tale of my sore-troubled life I write, To thank the God of nature, who conveyed My soul to me, and with such care… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
