“Civilization could not exist until there was written language, because without written language no generation could bequeath to succeeding generations anything but its simpler findings.” LanguageWrittenGenerationsCivilizationSucceedFindingsWritten Language Author:Charlton Laird
“I'm an infant with Shakespeare; I'm kind of learning how to walk. I am trying to decipher the code, you know? I do my research. And I get a clear understanding of what the language is. It is a tremendous process I have to go through as I am sure all actors do, finding the gems hidden in his language.” KnowsTryingKindActorsLanguageProcessUnderstandingWalksClearFindingsResearchCodeInfantGemsDecipher Author:Ruben Santiago-Hudson
“What I search for continuously in my art is adequate language, language I hope can stand beyond any particular occasion. What I'm finding is that in our increasingly dysfunctional U.S. society, marvelous poetry is being written - out of and amid the dysfunction.” ArtLanguageWrittenParticularFindingsArt IsOccasionsPoetry IsMarvelousAdequateDysfunction Author:Adrienne Rich
“No one would starve in independent India. Its grain would not be exported. Cloth would not be imported by it. Its leaders would not use a foreign language and finding justice in it would be neither costly nor difficult.” UseMotivationalWould BeLanguageDifficultJusticeLeaderFindingsIndiaIndependentGrainForeign Language Author:Vallabhbhai Patel
“Novel writing, to me, is all about language: choosing your words, finding the characters within the words and just really agonizing over every word. It's really crafting this whole piece from nothing.” WritingWholeCharacterLanguageNovelPiecesFindingsNovel WritingAgonizing Author:Jonathan Tropper
“I like the little chess match of how people move through space. I'm not comparing myself to Michelangelo with this analogy, but he said when he sculpts it's like finding the sculpture within. It feels that way when you are with actors, too. There's a natural way to do this with a natural language that flows and feels like real people talking. And you've just got to find it. So I enjoy that part of the process.” PeopleWayFeelsLittlesSaidRealMovingActorsLanguageProcessEnjoyNaturalSpaceTalkingFindingsFlowChessCompareSculptureAnalogiesPeople TalkingChess Match Author:Timothy Miller
“I do know where I'm going and it's just a matter of finding the language to get there.” KnowsMatterLanguageFindings Author:John Irving
“The Language Laboratory at Cambridge is a very good way of finding out about grammar and the vocabulary and that's why I learned to read German and later on I added Spanish, the standard European languages.” WayLanguageFindingsStandardsVery GoodVocabularyGrammarLaboratoryGood WayCambridge Author:Clive James
“I think there simply comes a point at which you're beating your head against the wall with revision, when you're making something different but not better. For me, revision usually has more to do with making the language prettier, finding clearer images, using more active verbs.” ThinkingDifferentLanguageWallFindingsActiveVerbsRevision Author:Mary J. Miller
“The script [of Regression] wasn't the draw for me. It was largely Alejandro [Amenabar] and his way of talking. To hear him talking about the script was way more interesting than the script. He wrote it, and so, English is his second language. It's an interesting thing. I've had that before. I was directed by Alfonso Cuarón before, too. It's always interesting when you're being directed by somebody like that. So much of directing is about communication, and finding the right words, and what it means, and how to convey certain emotions and ideas.” WayMeanIdeasCertainLanguageInterestingEmotionTalkingCommunicationFindingsDrawsScriptsInteresting ThingsRight WordsRegressionWay Of Talking Author:Ethan Hawke
“Language is a finding place, not a hiding place.” LanguageFindingsHidingHiding Place Author:Jeanette Winterson
“There are all sorts of experiences we can't really put a name to...The birth of a child, for one. Or the death of a parent. Falling in love. Words are like nets--we hope they'll cover what we mean, but we know they can't possibly hold that much joy, grief, or wonder. Finding God is like that, too. If it's happened to you, you know what it feels like. But try to describe it to someone else--and language only takes you so far.” IfsKnowsFeelsTryingMeanChildrenJoyFallNamesLanguageParentGriefWonderHappenedBirthFindingsFalling In LoveFinding GodBirth Of A Child Author:Jodi Picoult
“Not bad in short, though the last one [understanding the language of animals], isn't half as useful as you might expect, since when all's said and done the language of the beasts tends to revolve around: a) the endless hunt for food, b) finding a warm bush to sleep in the evening, and c) the sporadic satisfication of certain glands. (Many would argue that the language of human kind boils down to this too)” HumansKindSaidDoneMightLastsCertainLanguageUnderstandingSleepAnimalHalfFindingsWarmArguingEndlessEveningBeastHuntsSaid And DoneGlandsSporadic Author:Jonathan Stroud