“I paraphrase Aristotle: If you want to be comical, write about people to whom the audience can feel superior; if you want to be tragical, write about at least one person to whom the audience is bound to feel inferior, and no fair having human problems solved by dumb luck or heavenly intervention.” PeopleIfsWantFeelsWritingHumansPersonsProblemAudienceFairsLuckBoundsSuperiorsDumbHeavenlyInferiorsInterventionComicalParaphraseHuman ProblemsDumb Luck Author:Kurt Vonnegut
“Don't dumb it down. The audience is smart and gets what you are doing.” AudienceSmartDumb Author:Bruce Paltrow
“I am not fitted to give concerts. The audience intimidates me, I feel choked by its breath, paralyzed by its curious glances, struck dumb by all those strange faces.” GivingFeelsFacesMusicAudienceStrangeMusicianBreathsCuriousDumbConcertsGlancesIntimidatingParalyzed Author:Frederic Chopin
“You have to be smart to play a dumb blonde over and over again and keep the audience's attention without extraordinary physical equipment.” PlayAttentionAudienceSmartExtraordinaryDumbEquipmentBlondeBeing SmartDumb Blonde Author:Judy Holliday