“What I like to write about is stuff I know. I don't think I could write a novel. I don't think I have it in me to come up with those kinds of characters.” ThinkingKnowsWritingKindCharacterStuffNovelCome Up Author:Carol Burnett
“I've always been able to recount things and I have a really good memory about dialog and what people have said before and this and that.” PeopleSaidAbleMemoriesGood Memories Author:Carol Burnett
“What I do when I write is I just write the way I would tell it, so it comes out just exactly the way I would talk to you.” WayWriting Author:Carol Burnett
“Hollywood screenwriters tend to have the longevity of NFL running backs. So the truth is no one can put more pressure on us than we put on ourselves.” RunningTruth IsHollywoodPressureNflLongevityScreenwritersRunning Back Author:David Benioff
“I wanted to be in film. I wanted to be a film student, possibly be a director or cinematographer, not an actor. That was my goal. I didn't believe I had the physical beauty that I'd seen projected and advertised in movies, in theater. It just wasn't for me.” BelieveWantedFilmActorsGoalStudentsDirectorsTheaterPhysical BeautyCinematographersFilm Students Author:Pam Grier
“My mother really wanted me to be in possibly a beauty pageant, not only for if I could win, but it helped improve my self-image because of trauma in my childhood and other issues.” IfsSelfWantedMotherWinningIssuesChildhoodTraumaIf I CouldPageantBeauty Pageant Author:Pam Grier
“I felt beauty was a magnet for abuse, and I had suffered greatly for it.” FeltAbuseMagnet Author:Pam Grier
“I really hate to see abusive behavior being passed on from generation to generation to generation, when we have access to health and counseling.” HateGenerationsBehaviorAccessAbusiveCounseling Author:Pam Grier
“When you are an actor, you bring a tool in your craft but you are not that person.” PersonsActorsToolsCrafts Author:Pam Grier
“I was able to be distant by portraying another person, another character, if you will, and I found myself not stuttering and not having anxiety attacks when I was portraying another soul, another being, and I found comfort in that. I think many actors do, playing someone other than themselves.” IfsThinkingPersonsSoulCharacterAbleActorsFoundComfortAnxietyPortrayingStutteringPlaying SomeoneAnxiety Attacks Author:Pam Grier