“Most of the people dishing out judgment have no working experience of the theatre, have not written a professional play, a sketch, or even a joke; have never worked in a theatre, taken an acting class, or published any extended piece of work. They are creative virgins; everything they know about theatre is book-learned and second-hand.” PeopleKnowsBookPlayHandsActingClassCreativeTakenPiecesWrittenJudgmentJokesTheatreVirginsSecond HandActing Classes Author:John Lahr
“The real bug here is that the design of the system even permits this class of bug. It is unconscionable that someone designing a critical piece of security infrastructure would design the system in such a way that it does not fail safe.” WayDoeRealClassPiecesFailingSecurityDesignSafeCriticalPermitBugsInfrastructure Author:Jamie Zawinski
“I love teaching poetry writing. Students come into the class thinking poetry has to be one way, then leave having created pieces that are wholly original, that have - quite literally - never been made before.” ThinkingWayWritingMadeClassPiecesTeachingStudentsOriginalsOne WayLove Teaching Author:Cate Marvin
“The piano is just a different animal. It's expensive, it's big, it's heavy, and it doesn't fit in the mix easily. Everyone grew up with a piano in their living room, so rocking out on the piano was accessible - it wasn't an upper-class thing. Now pianos have become very much a piece of furniture.” DifferentBigsAnimalRoomsClassPiecesGrewFitGrew UpHeavyPianoExpensiveFurnitureLiving RoomUpper ClassDifferent AnimalsRocking Out Author:Ben Folds
“I could not do what I do, and teach a class, and never miss a deadline, never be late for anything if I was a lush, OK? I would really love to read a piece that said, 'He is not a lush.' That would be fabulous, it would be a first, I could show it to people and say, 'Look!'” PeopleIfsFirstsLooksSaidShowsWould BeClassTeachPiecesMissingLateFabulousDeadlineLove To ReadLush Author:Christopher Hitchens
“We really had the whole piece laid out in like a Word file, just from beginning to end. It was kind of more like your creative-writing class in school. You know, you have the outline and then you just kind of plug the stuff in the little map you've made.” KnowsWritingKindLittlesMadeEndsWholeSchoolStuffClassCreativePiecesLike YouMapsCreative WritingFilesOutlinesPlugsClasses In School Author:Crowder