“The growth that an artist seeks is a fine combination of mastering craft, garnering an audience, maintaining one's mental health, and working mightily from a ever-expanding base of experience.” ArtistGrowthAudienceFineMental HealthCraftsCombinationExpandingMaintaining Book:Affirmations for Artists Source: Affirmations for Artists
“I liked Truffaut a lot, I've felt a lot of admiration for his way to address the audience, and his storytelling.... La nuit américaine is adorable, and another film I like to see is L'enfant sauvage, with its fine humanism.” WayFilmFeltAudienceFineHumanismStorytellingAddressesAdmirationAdorable Author:Ingmar Bergman
“To me, being brave is an element that is so important with stand-up comedy. It's not essential. There are many comics who were just funny, and that's fine, too. But that's never been what I was trying to do in comedy. I was always trying to do something that involved not pandering to the audience.” TryingImportantAudienceComedyFineInvolvedEssentialsElementsBraveAlways TryingStand Up Comedy Author:Bill Maher