“It's a book that makes me laugh and think - it would be very hard to like someone who didn't enjoy Candide!” ThinkingBookHardWould BeEnjoyLaughingMake Me LaughCandide Author:Mark Ravenhill
“Also, everyone thinks they know Candide - you hear people described as 'Panglossian'. So if Candide appears on a poster, it feels familiar.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsFeelsFamiliarPostersCandide Author:Mark Ravenhill
“The American journalist Barbara Ehrenreich has written about this in her book Smile or Die: How Positive Thinking Fooled America and the World (2009) . She talks about the happiness industry, the rise of medication to make us happy and of self-help books, and the influence of all this on religion. In many ways religion has become another form of self-help. We all suffer from over-exposure to positive thinking.” ThinkingWorldWayBookSelfHelpingAmericaFormSufferingDiesWrittenInfluenceSelf HelpPositive ThinkingIndustryJournalistExposureFooledMedicationBarbaraSelf Help BooksHelp Book Author:Mark Ravenhill
“In the business world, the idea of positive thinking is absolutely entrenched.” ThinkingWorldIdeasPositive ThinkingBusiness World Author:Mark Ravenhill
“The title's so upfront. It gives fair warning about the play's content. I'm writing about a kind of disenchantment, an anger, but quite a cool 90's anger, at a time when we're not very good at openly being angry. . . . I don't think I ever thought the title was titillating. I thought it was incredibly catchy. If the play is about the reduction in human relations down to a consumerist rationale, then thematically, the title is entirely linked into the thesis of the play.” IfsThinkingGivingWritingHumansKindPlayFairsRelationAngryVery GoodCraftsTitlesWarningLinkedReductionHuman RelationsThesisCatchyRationaleDisenchantment Author:Mark Ravenhill
