“When I'm writing for a book, it's much more reflective process. I have certain things that may not translate well to the stage, but, when they're on the page, people can really get into them. My first two books were aiming to be funnier, but the third was more about deep exploration. Things about being a parent and growing older that I thought would be perfect for a book.” PeopleWritingFirstsWellsMayTwoBookWould BeCertainProcessParentPerfectGrowingStagePagesThirdsExplorationTranslateGrowing OldBeing A ParentGrowing Older Author:Paul Reiser
“Today, on this day of possibility, we stand in the shadow of a lanky, raw-boned man with little formal education who once took the stage at Old Main and told the nation that if anyone did not believe the American principles of freedom and equality, that those principles were timeless and all-inclusive, they should go rip that page out of the Declaration of Independence.” IfsMenShouldBelieveLittlesTodayNationsPrinciplesStagePossibilityPagesShadowIndependenceThis DayFormalTimelessDeclarationRipDeclaration Of IndependenceFormal EducationFreedom And Equality Author:Barack Obama
“Turning the pages of scriptural history from beginning to end, we learn of the ultimate pioneer-even Jesus Christ. His birth was foretold by the prophets of old; His entry upon the stage of life was announced by an angel. His life and His ministry have transformed the world. . . . May we ever follow Him.” WorldMayEndsJesusChristStageBirthPagesAngelJesus ChristUltimateProphetTransformedMinistryPioneersEntryStages Of Life Author:Thomas S. Monson
“I can pick up a screenplay and flip through the pages. If all I see is dialog, dialog, dialog, I won't even read it. I don't care how good the dialog is - it's a moving picture. It has to move all the time... It's not the stage. A movie audience doesn't have the patience to sit and learn a lesson. Their eyes need to be dazzled. The writer is the most important element in the entire film because if it ain't on the page it ain't going to be on the screen.” IfsNeedsI CanImportantEyeCareFilmMovingAudienceStageLessonsElementsPagesPicksDon't CareScreensI Don't CareFlipScreenplaysLearning Lessons Author:Robert Evans
“Choosing a director is like choosing a therapist - you want somebody who is going to be a step or two ahead of you, who can interpret and articulate your intentions better than you can, with the benefit of objectivity. I look for a collaborator who is going to help bring to life, on stage, in three dimensions, what is on the page. I wouldn't want a director who imposes conceits or distrusts the text or who has prejudged the characters.” WantLooksTwoCharacterHelpingThreeStepsStageDirectorsBenefitsPagesIntentionDimensionsDistrustObjectivityConceitBetter Than YouTherapistsCollaboratorsThree Dimensions Author:Donald Margulies
“If an idea seems to find its way towards a stage setting, that's the direction I take. I don't know if I'm trying to achieve anything other than to follow an idea on to the page.” IfsKnowsWayTryingIdeasSeemsAchieveStagePagesSettingSettings Author:Don DeLillo
“I often think of the space of a page as a stage, with words, letters, syllable characters moving across.” ThinkingCharacterMovingSpaceStagePagesLettersSyllables Author:Susan Howe
“I'm most suspicious of scripts that have a lot of stage direction at the top of the page sunrise over the desert and masses of a whole essay before you get to the dialogue.” WholeStageMassPagesScriptsDialogueDesertSunriseEssaysSuspiciousHopkinsStage Directions Author:Anthony Hopkins
“Plot exposition that can be gently wound out by the authorial voice and internal monologue of a character in the length of a page has to be delivered in a matter of seconds on the stage.” MatterCharacterVoiceStagePagesWoundsInternalsPlotLengthSecondsMonologues Book:A Slip of the Keyboard: Collected Non-fiction Source: A Slip of the Keyboard: Collected Non-fiction
“Respect the way characters may change once they've got 50 pages of life in them. Revisit your plan at this stage and see whether certain things have to be altered to take account of these changes.” WayMayCharacterCertainPlansStagePagesAccountsAltered Author:Rose Tremain
“Do not take the creative process personally. At every stage, you are going to feel like it's all falling apart, like the golden egg of truth in your brain is not manifesting on the page or on set or in the edit. But that panic, that loss, that pain - that is the process of creation. Let it hurt, drink some coffee and keep going.” FeelsPainFallProcessHurtLossBrainCreativeStageCreationDrinkPagesCoffeeGoldenEggsKeep GoingManifestPanicCreative ProcessIt HurtsFalling ApartEditsGolden Eggs Author:Jessie Kahnweiler
“Pages were always supposed to be off-camera - we were supposed to be invisible. But I had a moment where I saw a kid who was ready to flip himself out of the balcony, so I ran down and grabbed him and put him back in his seat. I remember the stage manager taking me aside and saying, "Can you please never do that again? I know you were saving his life, but we have you in the shot."” KnowsMomentsKidsRememberSawsStageReadyPleasePagesShotsDown AndCamerasInvisibleSavingManagersSupposed To BeRanSeatsFlipBalconiesStage Managers Author:Anne Sweeney
“[Noah Hawley] just a fantastic writer. It's always about the script, it's always about the book; it always is. If it ain't on the page, it ain't on the stage. That's what attracted me to him first and foremost.” IfsFirstsBookStagePagesScriptsFantastic Author:Lauren Shuler Donner
“I prefer to connect with fans from the stage. Like, I don't have a Twitter page, or anything like that. So for me, that's what the show is about. For me - is a way to interact with fans; being up onstage and showing them, through music - which is all I really know - the best way to say thank you.” KnowsWayShowsFansStagePagesBest WayThank YouSaying Thank You Author:Nate Ruess
“One difference between poetry and lyrics is that lyrics sort of fade into the background. They fade on the page and live on the stage when set to music.” DifferencesStagePagesBackgroundsFadesBackground Music Author:Stephen Sondheim
“I wrote my first book at eight, all of four pages. At 10, I did a 40-page story. At 12, I wrote two stage plays.” FirstsTwoBookPlayStoriesFourStagePagesEightStage Play Author:Caitlin Moran
“So I forcibly shove aside my prickles of pissed-off, which is easier than it sounds when millions of little sequined caffeine dancers are doing their big Broadway number on your internal stage. (Page 173)” LittlesBigsSoundNumbersMillionsStageEasierPagesDancerInternalsBroadwayCaffeinePissed Off Author:Deb Caletti
“In my craft or sullen art Exercised in the still night When only the moon rages And the lovers lie abed With all their griefs in their arms, I labour by singing light Not for ambition or bread Or the strut and trade of charms On the ivory stages But for the common wages Of their most secret heart. Not for the proud man apart From the raging moon I write On these spindrift pages Nor for the towering dead With their nightingales and psalms But for the lovers, their arms Round the griefs of the ages, Who pay no praise or wages Nor heed my craft or art.” MenWritingHeartArtStillsLightAgeLyingNightCommonGriefPaySecretStageArmsProudLoversMoonAmbitionPagesSingingPraiseTradeRoundsRageBreadCraftsCharmLabourWagesHeedPsalmsIvoryNightingalesSullenProud Man Author:Dylan Thomas
“Daily dawns another day; I must up, to make my way. Though I dress and drink and eat, Move my fingers and my feet, Learn a little, here and there, Weep and laugh and sweat and swear, Hear a song, or watch a stage, Leave some words upon a page, Claim a foe, or hail a friend- Bed awaits me at the end.” WayLittlesEndsMovingSongWatchesLaughingFeetStageDrinkBedPagesClaimsDressesFingersMy WayDawnSweatSwearFoeHere And ThereHailAnother Day Book:Dorothy Parker Source: Dorothy Parker