“Ive lived this very dramatic life, with high points and terrible low points. Nothing has been ordinary, and I want to have the experience of the last breath. I want a little drama to it.” WantLittlesHas BeensLastsTerribleDramaLowsOrdinaryBreathsDramaticHigh PointsLow PointsDramatic Life Author:Dominick Dunne
“You can't make a good show based on pure verisimilitude, pure anti-drama. But you have to acknowledge a lot of ordinary life. Most TV doesn't do that.” ShowsTvsDramaPureOrdinaryAcknowledgeOrdinary Life Author:David Simon
“There's a big difference between "not caring" or being "nihilistic" about a topic and simply not being enrolled by the drama presented by other people. Just because my characters choose not to react in standard, socially-appropriate ways - that does not mean they don't care. They just reject ordinary dramas.” PeopleWayMeanDoeCharacterBigsCareDifferencesDramaStandardsOrdinaryDon't CareCaringAppropriateRejectsTopicsNot Caring Author:Chuck Palahniuk
“I'm interested in ordinary experience, and regardless of the precise definition of ordinary, and I've found that in so-called ordinary experience, there is as much comedy, tragedy, sadness, as there is in great drama. And I don't invent it, I recognize it.” FoundComedySadnessDramaOrdinaryTragedyDefinitionsPrecise Author:Frederick Wiseman
“The big dramas that fascinate me are the quiet ones that happen behind closed doors in so-called ordinary families.” BigsHappensBehindsDoorsDramaQuietOrdinaryClosed DoorsBehind Closed Doors Author:Joyce Maynard
“The point is always reached after which the gods no longer share their lives with mortal men and women, they die or wither away or retire... Now that they've gone, the high drama's over. What remains is ordinary human life.” MenHumansDiesGoneShareDramaOrdinaryMen And WomenRemainsMortalsHuman LifeRetiring Author:Salman Rushdie
“We want to see a struggle. We want to see people falling over but getting themselves back up on their feet, and that's what's extraordinary- ordinary people and their struggle. There's nothing as interesting as real life out your window. You walk down the street for half an hour, I'll give you half an hour of drama.” PeopleWantGivingRealFallHoursWalksInterestingHalfStruggleFeetStreetsDramaOrdinaryWindowExtraordinaryReal LifeOrdinary People Author:Ricky Gervais
“In rare moments of deep play, we can lay aside our sense of self, shed time's continuum, ignore pain, and sit quietly in the absolute present, watching the world's ordinary miracles. No mind or heart hobbles. No analyzing or explaining. No questing for logic. No promises. No goals. No relationships. No worry. One is completely open to whatever drama may unfold.” WorldMindHeartMaySelfPlayMomentsPainFunGoalWorryPromiseDramaOrdinaryLogicMiracleAbsolutesLaysShedExplainingSense Of SelfAnalyzingContinuumNo WorriesRare Moments Book:Deep Play Source: Deep Play
“Christianity makes of life a moral drama in which we play a starring role and in which the most ordinary events take on a grand significance.” PlayMoralChristianityRolesEventsDramaOrdinarySignificance Book:What's So Great About Christianity Source: What's So Great About Christianity
“. . . when the nature of mind is introduced by a master, it is just too simple for us to believe. Our ordinary mind tells us this cannot be, there must be something more to it than this. It must surely be more "glorious", with light blazing in space around us, angels with flowing golden hair swooping down to meet us, and a deep Wizard of Oz voice announcing, "Now you have been introduced to the nature of your mind." There is no such drama.” MindBelieveHas BeensLightBeliefVoiceSimpleSpaceMastersHairDramaOrdinaryAngelGoldenGloriousWizardsBlazingAnnouncingGolden Hair Author:Sogyal Rinpoche