“Every time I sit in the audience and watch a show that I have been involved with, it is such an amazing feeling to see all those people around me, knowing they are actually watching and enjoying something I have written.” PeopleHas BeensShowsFeelingsEnjoyWatchesAudienceKnowingWrittenInvolved Author:Bjorn Ulvaeus
“I think real humans are so complicated, and often [characters] are written more one-dimensional without maybe even the writer knowing it. I've felt numerous moments in my life where my most confident moment and my most insecure moment were exactly the same time. There's nothing funny or interesting about perfection.” ThinkingHumansRealMomentsCharacterFeltInterestingKnowingWrittenPerfectionComplicatedInsecure Author:Kristen Bell
“You have to understand that people feel threatened by a writer. It's very curious. He knows something they don't know. He knows how to write, and that's a subtle, disturbing quality he has. Some directors without even knowing it, resent the writer in the same way Bob Hope might resent the fact he ain't funny without twelve guys writing the jokes. The director knows the script he is carrying around on the set every day was written by someone, and that's just not something that all directors easily digest.” PeopleKnowsWayFeelsWritingFactsMightGuyQualityKnow HowKnowingWrittenDirectorsJokesScriptsCuriousSubtleTwelveBobThreatenedDisturbingResent Author:Ernest Lehman
“Instead of the 1997 film directed, written, by James Cameron with Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Billy Zane creating a love story and a large diamond with a beautiful song “My Heart Will Go On” sung by Celine Dion. What about the real love story that took place that night between the passengers themselves, and many crew members knowing they would also give their lives. Adding another meaning for “SOS” Service, Obedience, and Sacrifice.” GivingHeartRealStoriesBeautifulFilmNightSongKnowingWrittenSacrificeGoes OnMy HeartMembersCreatingLove StoryObedienceDiamondReal LoveCrewKatePassengersCameronLeonardoCeline Author:Tom Baker
“Krys Lee has written a book of unforgettable stories, each one building on the other to create a complex, moving portrait of contemporary Korea and its diaspora. She guides us surely through the fallout of war, immigration, and financial crisis, always alert to the possibility of tenderness, transcendence, and even humor along the way. Lee is a writer who really understands loneliness, but her voice is so appealing, and her perceptions so wise, that we feel all the less lonely for knowing her characters and experiencing their lives.” WayFeelsBookWarCharacterStoriesMovingVoiceKnowingWiseWrittenLonelinessPossibilityBuildingPerceptionLonelyCrisisComplexesFinancialGuidesImmigrationContemporaryTendernessPortraitsTranscendenceKoreaFinancial CrisisUnforgettableDiasporaFallouts Author:Sarah Shun-lien Bynum
“A curious thing about written literature: It is about four thousand years old, but we have no way of knowing whether four thousand years constitutes senility or the maiden blush of youth.” WayWritingYearsLiteratureKnowingFourWrittenYouthThousandCuriousThousand YearsMaidensSenility Author:John Barth
“Theater roles are written by the great masters. The greatest literature that you can possibly know are the theater roles like King Lear, Hamlet, and all of those great roles. So all you do is you dive into these unchallenged roles and see how far you can get, what kind of accolades you can get, and how good you can be in them. In movie roles, you can actually improve them by knowing a lot about your own stage technique, which helps a great deal in the cinema and how you can project inner humor even though the particular dialogue is not necessarily funny, but you can infuse it with humor.” KnowsKindHelpingLiteratureDealsRolesKnowingWrittenStageParticularMastersKingsProjectsTheaterTechniqueDialogueCinemaLearAccolades Author:Christopher Plummer
“I honestly never sat down and said "OK, here's my style," because my whole thing was knowing everyone's style. Everything I've ever written has bits and pieces of everything I've ever heard. Any rapper that tells you different is a liar.” SaidDifferentWholeBitsKnowingPiecesWrittenHeardStyleDown AndHonestlySatLiarsRapperBits And Pieces Author:Bun B
“I don't begin a novel until I have written, not just the last sentence, but usually, as a result thereof, many of the surrounding final paragraphs, so that in addition to knowing what happens, I know what the voice is.” KnowsHappensLastsVoiceResultsNovelKnowingWrittenFinalsSentencesParagraph Author:John Irving
“Meadowlark Lemon's book Trust Your Next Shot is written by a remarkable person. I have had the pleasure of knowing Meadowlark for quite some time. He has given back to his community quite generously in addition to serving as an outstanding role model for young people. Meadowlark's career has allowed him to touch people's lives everywhere and I am so proud to be his friend. God has certainly touched his life.” PeoplePersonsBookYoungNextGivenCommunityPleasureCareersRolesKnowingWrittenProudModelsShotsTouchedRemarkableServingRole ModelsOutstandingLemonsMeadowlarks Author:Lenny Wilkens
“My last point about getting started as a writer: do something first, good or bad, successful or not, and write it up before approaching an editor. The best introduction to an editor is your own written work, published or not. I traveled across Siberia on my own money before ever approaching an editor; I wrote my first book, Siberian Dawn, without knowing a single editor, with no idea of how to get it published. I had to risk my life on the Congo before selling my first magazine story. If the rebel spirit dwells within you, you won't wait for an invitation, you'll invade and take no hostages.” IfsWritingFirstsBookIdeasStoriesLastsSpiritWaitingMy OwnKnowingSuccessfulWrittenRiskSellingMagazinesNo IdeaDawnEditorsRebelWithin YouTraveledInvitationsIntroductionCongoHostageGetting StartedSiberia Author:Jeffery Taylor
“I just love to act. I like to get away, totally play a different character, someone you can get really involved in knowing. I've gotten really involved in some characters and written down little summaries of where they live and what their families are like.” LittlesDifferentPlayCharacterKnowingWrittenInvolvedGet AwayGet RealDifferent CharactersSummary Author:Amanda Peterson
“Obviously, it was a big life change for me and quite a shock to suddenly have these songs I'd written in my bedroom as a far-too-intense teenager all over the airwaves and see my face on buses, especially in a small country like New Zealand, but at the same time it was such a thrill and an honour knowing that my music was reaching people.” PeopleCountryBigsFacesSongKnowingWrittenIntenseTeenagerLife ChangingReachingShockHonourBusBedroomThrillNew ZealandSmall Countries Author:Brooke Fraser
“The power that comes from knowing the facts of history is dwarfed by the power that comes from being able to shape the stories about how that history is written and told.” FactsStoriesAbleKnowingWrittenShapes Author:Annie Leonard