“I'm always imagining some sort of story behind the song, even the ones I haven't written. I'm actively engaging in playacting.” StoriesSongBehindsWrittenHavensEngaging Author:Cassandra Wilson
“I always feel that there is a curtain, you know, that if I could just peek behind the curtain I'd see how the world really works. And since I haven't had it I have to write about it instead.” IfsKnowsWorldFeelsWritingBehindsHavensIf I CouldCurtains Author:Charles de Lint
“Writers and painters have a medium that can foster self-effacements. Actors haven't. An actor can't hide himself behind paper or canvas. If you're not there your art's not there. That's why we actors are often such self-centered objects.” IfsArtSelfActorsBehindsHavensObjectsPaperMediumsPainterCanvasSelf Centered Author:Elizabeth Goudge
“Back when I was in high school, I came out onstage with my guitar and had four guys playing behind me. We were just playing a dance, but I was standing in front of an audience rocking out. I'm still rocking out like when I was a kid. I haven't changed.” StillsKidsSchoolGuyBehindsAudienceFourFrontsHavensChangedHigh SchoolStandingGuitarBack WhenI Haven't ChangedRocking Out Author:Dion DiMucci
“How many films are there about friendships between teenagers? And how many projects are there dealing with friendships among adults? True friendships - really dealing with the intimacy behind what happened then, and how long you've known each other, and the wounds that haven't healed. That's what [About Alex] film is about.” LongFilmBehindsKnownHappenedHavensProjectsAdultsWoundsIntimacyTeenagerTrue FriendHealedTrue FriendshipAlexAbout Friendship Author:Nate Parker
“We have learned to turn out lots of goods and services, but we haven't learned as well how to have everybody share in the bounty. The obligation of a society as prosperous as ours is to figure out how nobody gets left too far behind.” WellsTurnsLeftBehindsShareHavensFiguresObligationGoodsProsperousBountyGoods And Services Author:Warren Buffett
“Oh, I haven't reached any peak. I hit the bottom in the '60s. When a certain actress undertook the leading role in a recent play of mine, she referred to me as "that old derelict." Not to my face, but behind my back.” PlayFacesCertainBehindsRolesHavensMinesBottomActressesBehind My BackDerelict Author:Tennessee Williams
“Now I'm where I want to be and who I want to be and doing what I always said I would and yet I feel I haven't won at all. Running for my life and never looking back in case there's someone right behind me shoot me down and say he always knew I'd fall. When the crazy wheel slows down where will I be? Back where I started.” WantFeelsSaidRunningFallBehindsCasesCrazyHavensDown AndWheelsLooking BackSlow Down Author:Tim Rice
“To my mind, there are no unattractive women; only those who haven't been awakened by love . . . A woman is often like a strip of film-obliterated, insignificant-until a man puts the light behind her.” MenMindLightFilmBehindsHavensInsignificantAwakenedUnattractive Author:George Hamilton
“The way Donald Trump talks about the problems of black Americans as a kind of separate group who are not part of his audience but he's kind of reaching over his audience or behind his audience to black Americans, saying what have you got to lose? As in you might as well join me because the Democrats haven't done anything for you. But joining me means joining this group that already supports me.” WayWellsKindMeanDoneProblemMightBlackLosesBehindsSupportAudienceGroupsHavensTrumpDemocratReachingJoiningSupport Me Author:George Packer