“Any writer takes inspiration from what they read and watch, and over their career works on forming their own voice. I think it was probably Stephen King who made me want to become a writer.” ThinkingWantMadeInspirationVoiceCareersWatchesKings Author:Tim Lebbon
“'Tis Liberty that crowns Britannia's isle, and makes her barren rocks and her bleak mountains smile... 'Tis Britain's care to watch o'er Europe's fate, and hold in balance each contending state, To threaten bold presumptuous kings with war, and answer her afflicted neighbours' prayer... Soon as her fleets appear their terrors cease.” WarStatesCarePrayerAnswersLibertyWatchesFateRocksKingsBalanceMountainEuropeTerrorCeaseBritainCrownsNeighbourBarrenBleakIslePresumptuousContending Author:Joseph Addison
“Monarchy can easily be "debunked," but watch the faces, mark well the debunkers. These are the men whose taproot in Eden has been cut: whom no rumour of the polyphony, the dance, can reach - men to whom pebbles laid in a row are more beautiful than an arch. Where men are forbidden to honour a king they honour millionaires, athletes or film stars instead: For spiritual nature, like bodily nature, will be served; deny it food and it will gobble poison.” MenWellsHas BeensBeautifulFilmFacesSpiritualStarsWatchesCuttingHe ManKingsMarkAthleteDenyPoisonHonourForbiddenMillionaireMonarchyEdenMonarchsPebblesArchesRumoursSpiritual NatureFilm StarsConstitutional MonarchyPolyphony Author:C. S. Lewis
“When I was in high school, I read the whole thing about Don King and he had this quote that said, "Set yourself on fire and the world will pay to watch you burn." I thought that was the most amazing thing I'd ever heard and I wrote it on my wall.” WorldSaidWholeSchoolPayWatchesFireHeardWallKingsHigh SchoolAmazing ThingsMost Amazing Author:Anthony Mackie
“What I do is interpret, not create. I may add elements and do something different. That is what is so incredible about theatre. Why do we love it that there are nine Hamletsor six King Lears over two years? We love to watch a different actor attack the same material.” YearsMayTwoDifferentActorsWatchesMaterialsKingsElementsSixAddIncrediblesTheatreNineTwo YearsLear Author:Kevin Spacey
“It is the highest impertinence and presumption, therefore, in kings and ministers to pretend to watch over the economy of private people, and to restrain their expense. They are themselves, always, and without any exception, the greatest spendthrifts in the society.” PeopleWatchesEconomyKingsHighestMinistersPrivacyExceptionExpensesAdamPresumptionInvisible HandSpendthriftImpertinence Author:Adam Smith
“David Ayer was put on my map, at that point, and I always kept note and clocked his career. When he started directing, I saw Harsh Times, I saw Street Kings and I saw End of Watch. I gave my agents a list of directors that I wanted to work with, and at the top of that list was David. I wanted to have that experience.” EndsWantedCareersWatchesSawsStreetsKingsDirectorsNotesListsAgentsMapsHarsh Author:Joe Manganiello
“I chose the American ones, more or less the last five years of the silent era, because those are the ones that aged the best in the way they tell the story. One, it's about human beings with context. It's a very classical story with feelings, with laughter, melodrama and it really works, the good ones - Murnau's American movies, John Ford's Four Sons, King Vidor's The Crowd, or the (Josef) von Sternberg movies. You can watch it now and it still works. I mean they are really, really good pieces so this is where I tried to work.” WayYearsHumansMeanStillsStoriesFeelingsLastsHuman BeingsWatchesFivePiecesFourSonKingsLaughterSilentCrowdsErasFive YearsMelodramaAmerican MovieLast Five Years Author:Michel Hazanavicius
“At network television you could make a show like Freaks and Geeks, and even though 7 million people watch is every week, you were considered a terrible failure, and they got rid of you and staff. Now ... It's like a world where the replacements are the biggest fans in the world. It's, the Elvis Costellos of television are the winners. Creativity is king and it's very very exciting.” PeopleWorldShowsWatchesCreativityMillionsWeekFansTelevisionKingsTerribleExcitingWinnerFreakStaffGeekReplacementsBiggest Fan Author:Judd Apatow
“I don't watch television and I rarely go to the cinema, but I recently watched 'The King's Speech' on a flight. It was so beautiful and so simple.” BeautifulSimpleWatchesTelevisionKingsSpeechFlightCinema Author:Vivienne Westwood
“Advice, then, young yeoman: When referring to the king's middle daughter, state that she is fair, speculate that she is pious, but unless you'd like to spend your watch looking for the box where your head is kept, resist the urge to wax ignorant on her naughty bits." -Pocket I don't know what that means, sir." -Yeoman Speak not of Regan's shaggacity, son" [...] -Pocket” KnowsMeanStatesYoungSpeakBitsWatchesMiddleAdviceSonKingsDaughterFairsBoxesIgnorantPocketsUrgesNaughtyPiousReferringReganYeoman Book:Fool: A Novel Source: Fool: A Novel