Books Quote by Muriel Rukeyser

Be a witness

— Hed PE

I write as a witness to what I have seen.

— Terry Tempest Williams

I had always felt that I was an observer, never a participant; that I was watching from behind a thick glass wall as people…

— Tana French

You can make an audience see nearly anything, if you yourself believe in it.

— Mary Renault

We cannot create observers by saying 'observe,' but by giving them the power and the means for this observation and these means are procured…

— Maria Montessori

There's something really morbid about audiences, we love to solve a mystery. We like peering behind the curtains. In 'Silent Witness,' it's not an…

— Liz Carr

When you listen to a witness, you become a witness.

— Elie Wiesel

I'm an observer in life, not a participant. That's why I'm a documentarian who looks through a camera. I'm not a touchy-feely person; I'm…

— Joe Berlinger

A good listener: a physical presence that is warm, alert, intelligent - more important than any words.

— Susan Sontag

Sometimes it's interesting to see something that you're not used to seeing, which is the main ingredient of life, and it's removed from the…

— Michel Gondry

I hardly ever think about audience. I just try to tell a story for me. I write the kind of story I would like…

— Brent Runyon

I want to allow others to reveal and celebrate aspects of themselves that are usually hidden. My camera is a witness. It holds a…

— Joyce Tenneson