“The writer creates the role on the page and then the actor takes it and makes it their own.” Quote by Joanna Kerns
“I don't cry. Well, you know, I think coming from an acting background that's really helped me because I more than anyone know that an actor creates a character.” ThinkingKnowsWellsCharacterActorsActingCryBackgrounds Author:Joanna Kerns
“Almost every magazine piece I've ever written, I felt like I haven't done it justice, like it was just a gloss.” DoneFeltJusticePiecesWrittenHavensMagazinesGloss Author:Jon Krakauer
“Heaven, for me, is one focused project - it's like a weird form of autism.” FormHeavenProjectsFocusedAutism Author:Jon Krakauer
“I love being outdoors, being in the mountains and the desert, and my wife enjoys that too. That's one of the things that sustain our relationship.” EnjoyLove IsWifeMountainMy WifeDesertOur Relationship Author:Jon Krakauer
“I never studied writing, but I'd always been a reader and had a secret fantasy about being a writer.” WritingSecretFantasyReader Author:Jon Krakauer
“The people I respect most behave as if they were immortal and as if society was eternal.” PeopleIfsLiteratureSocietyEternalEternityBehaveImmortal Book:Two Cheers for Democracy Source: Two Cheers for Democracy
“I think part of the appeal of Antarctica is experiencing some sort of power, the forces of the natural world.” ThinkingWorldForceNaturalAppealsNatural WorldAntarctica Author:Jon Krakauer
“I'm intrigued by fanatics - people who are seduced by the promise, or the illusion, of the absolute.” PeoplePromiseIllusionAbsolutesFanaticsIntrigued Author:Jon Krakauer
“Military investigations are designed not to find anyone guilty.” MilitaryGuiltyInvestigation Author:Jon Krakauer