“The thing that is always so surprising about plays written in another century is how remarkably elastic they are. When you listen to the way in which Shakespeare attacks relationships, for example, even though the words may start off sounding foreign, in actuality they are so accessible, the motivations so clear, the resonances so contemporary. When you put it in a modern context - we could well be in a place with someone like Gaddafi or Mubarak - it becomes apparent how Richard III resonates with that type of personality, with media and manipulation, alliances and petty jealousies.” WayWellsMayPlayMotivationClearWrittenModernCenturyMediaExampleTypePersonalityContemporaryManipulationSurprisingPettyAlliancesResonanceActualityGaddafiMubarak Author:Kevin Spacey
“It has been said, "History is written by the victors." I take this to mean we can make ourselves victorious by writing, and then rewriting our own stories. In a country and culture so dominated by media, by the manipulation of words and stories, telling the tales of people whose stories historically have not been told is a radical act and I believe an act that can change the world and help rewrite history.” PeopleWorldWritingBelieveMeanHas BeensSaidCountryHelpingStoriesCultureI BelieveWrittenMediaTalesRadicalChanging The WorldManipulationRewriting Author:Jennifer Beals
“Every medium - oral, written, print, and now electronic - has its own associated thought patterns and mind sets.” MindWrittenMediaPatternsMediumsPrintMind Set Author:Dale Spender
“I got my job through the New York Times. [Written underneath:] So did Castro.” JobsWrittenMediaNew YorkNew York TimesCastro Author:Robert Reisner
“Editorials are written by people who have agreed to have several strong opinions a day and to write them down, provided they do not have to sign their names.” PeopleWritingNamesStrongOpinionWrittenMediaEditorialsStrong Opinions Author:Dave Barry
“History used to be written by the winners. Now it is distorted and distributed by the winners' media.” UsedWrittenMediaUsed To BeWinner Author:Ziad K. Abdelnour
“After The Bomb we developed a fairly good system for moving food around and have avoided the kind of massive famines that attract the media. Although of course we've had a fair number of them, particularly in Africa, since The Bomb was written. But we have had a steady level of attrition of malnutrition and malnutrition-related disease. Probably something on the order of 5 to 10 million people starve to death each year, but they're spread out; they're not dramatic news events.” PeopleYearsKindMovingOrderCoursesLevelsNumbersMillionsWrittenMediaEventsDiseaseNewsFairsSpreadDramaticRelatedBombsMassiveSteadyAvoidedFamineMalnutritionAttrition Author:Paul R. Ehrlich
“There hasn't been a lot written about it in the Western media. But in the Arab world, and Western Asia as a whole, Baghdad was always known as a famously bookish, intellectual city. There's an old saying that Cairo writes, Beirut publishes, and Baghdad reads.” WorldWritingWholeCitiesKnownWrittenMediaIntellectualWesternAsiaPublishBaghdadOld SayingArab WorldBeirutCairoWestern Media Author:Annia Ciezadlo
“Whatever was written in the media was beyond me. The only thing I could control was getting fit.” WrittenMediaFitGet Fit Author:Andrew Flintoff