“I left the golden age of documentaries to go into the golden days of the 'CBS Evening News.' You could see that the audiences were eroding.” AgeLeftAudienceNewsGoldenEveningDocumentariesGolden AgeGolden Days Author:Howard Stringer
“Good twists are enormously hard to come by, and I think the best ones are earned ones. The idea that a story can take a left turn on you, it's easy to do, but it has to be done very, very carefully, or else you risk losing the audience's trust.” ThinkingIdeasHardDoneStoriesTurnsLeftEasyAudienceRiskLosingTwistsTurn-on Author:Damon Lindelof
“Drama is life with the dull bits left out. There is no terror in the bang, only in the anticipation of it. I believe in putting the horror in the minds of the audience, and not necessarily on the screen. The length of a film should be directly related to the endurance of the human bladder.” ShouldMindBelieveHumansFilmLeftI BelieveBitsAudienceDramaHorrorHollywoodTerrorI Believe InScreensRelatedDullLengthEnduranceAnticipationBangsLeft OutBladder Author:Alfred Hitchcock
“This was almost two hours of factual documentary. In our audience ratings, barely no one left the programme. The whole of his life is so fascinating and people kept watching for that reason.” PeopleTwoReasonWholeLife IsLiteratureLeftHoursAudienceFascinatingDocumentariesRatingProgrammesFactual Author:Martin Bashir
“One reason you are stricken when your parents die is that the audience you've been aiming at all your life - shocking it, pleasing it - has suddenly left the theater.” ReasonDiesLeftParentAudienceTheaterShocking Author:Katharine Whitehorn
“Writing is one of the few professions left where you take all the responsibility for what you do. It's really dangerous and ultimately destroys you as a writer if you start thinking about responses to your work or what your audience needs.” IfsThinkingNeedsWritingLeftResponsibilityAudienceDangerousResponseProfession Book:Conversations with Erica Jong Source: Conversations with Erica Jong
“No wonder all the great comedians had such destructive private lives. ... After you get the audience into that kind of frenzy, and you are being worshiped like the false idol you are, how do you leave the stage and transition back into real life? ... What is there left to do but set yourself on fire?” KindRealLeftWonderAudienceFireComedyStageReal LifeComedianDestructiveTransitionIdolsPrivate LifeFrenzy Book:I'm the One That I Want Source: I'm the One That I Want
“Performing isn't only about the acrobatics and the high notes: It's staying in the moment, connecting with the audience in an authentic way, and making yourself real to them through the music. I am more than the notes I hit, and that's how I try to approach my life. You can't get it all right all the time, but you can try your best. If you've done that, all that's left is to accept your shortcomings and have the courage to try to overcome them.” IfsWayTryingRealDoneMomentsLeftAcceptingAudienceApproachOvercomingNotesPerformingStayingConnectingShortcomingsTry Your BestHigh NotesAcrobatics Author:Idina Menzel
“My vision of punk rock was these dudes who were spitting on the audience and moshing. That's why I kind of left that scene. Then I see all these people around my same age or between 17 and 25 that were making music themselves in their own town. They weren't just singing, but creating. I see them putting out this music where there are tons of women involved in the scene and involved in the bands.” PeopleKindAgeLeftVisionAudienceRocksInvolvedSceneBandCreatingSingingTownsPunkPunk Rock Author:Kathleen Hanna
“It is the task of the scenarist to invent little pieces of business that are so characteristic and give so deep an insight into his creatures, that their personalities clearly and organically unfold before the eyes of the audience so that the latter feel that the actions of these people are contingent upon their characters, that there exists some kind of a logical fate, and that nothing is left to mere accident or coincidence.” PeopleGivingFeelsKindLittlesCharacterEyeActionLeftAudiencePiecesFatePersonalityCreaturesTasksMereInsightAccidentsCharacteristicsLatterLogicalCoincidence Author:Ernst Lubitsch
“While often being called transdisciplinary, theonomous reasoning is actually a first step back to ancient wisdom in which methodological sensation [or what we now know as science] has completely merged with methodological revelation [or totally known mystical knowledge in which every aspect of the occult has been overcome]. A true tradition has no occult or hidden phases left in its process. The creators and the audience are in perfect harmony.” KnowsFirstsHas BeensLeftProcessPerfectKnownStepsAudienceAspectTraditionOvercomingHarmonyAncientCreatorReasoningRevelationsSensationsFirst StepsPhasesMysticalOccultAncient WisdomPerfect Harmony Author:Paul Laffoley
“I just play to progressive audiences. You know, if they're watching Discovery Channel, History Channel, that kind of thing, "Monty Python" have already laid the groundwork. They're known around the world. People like that kind of surrealist, left-field humor, and that's what I do. And "Saturday Night Live," a lot of American humor. "The Simpsons," above all, the weird, left-field humor, which I love. And sardonic. So that's all I'm doing. I find that audience, and they're in every developed country around the world.” PeopleIfsKnowsWorldKindCountryPlayNightLeftKnownAudienceFieldsDiscoveryAround The WorldProgressiveSaturdaySaturday NightSaturday Night LivePythonDeveloped CountryMontySurrealistGroundworkSardonicLeft Field Author:Eddie Izzard
“I do miss the people in the audience and the fun: "I came with my mother! And this is my mother!" I miss that. I miss: "My cousin and I came all the way from...." I miss that. I don't miss this - who is left to interview?” PeopleWayMotherLeftFunAudienceMissingInterviewsCousinMy Cousin Author:Oprah Winfrey