Delmore Schwartz Quotes

All literature is an effort at the formal character of the epigram.

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• Secret families are really the bedrock issue of Western literature.

  

  Tayari Jones
  • Literature
  • Secret
  • Western

• Anne Boleyn is an intriguing character. She seems to appeal to modern-day women in a very potent way. Because she was such an independently opinionated and spirited young woman, which at the time was unheard of.

  

  Natalie Dormer
  • Women
  • Character
  • Intriguing

• I enjoy a character who sticks to her guns, who's always challenging herself. That's something I can relate to.

  

  Yvonne Strahovski
  • Character
  • Enjoy
  • Guns

• It's always been my dream to just continually do really cool indie movies, character-driven stuff. I would love to do more theater on a larger scale. I'm just excited for the next thing that comes along that I'm salivating over. I think a little more guerrilla would be really exciting to me.

  

  Tatiana Maslany
  • Love
  • Character
  • Dream

• When we were subjected to a vicious character assassination campaign orchestrated by senior White House officials and championed by their allies in the right-wing echo chamber, Hillary reached out to us. Her counsel during that tumultuous period was as timely as it was wise.

  

  Valerie Plame
  • Character
  • House
  • Period

• I thought some of Mrs. White's material was prophetic. I felt some of her insights were extremely helpful and I regarded her as a sister in the Lord. I wasn't out to attack Ellen White's character.

  

  Walter Martin
  • Character
  • Thought
  • Sister

• I've always considered myself a character actor.

  

  Jack Huston
  • Character
  • Myself
  • Always

• For my wrap present, Colin Farrell gave me a first edition book. I got so involved with this character and I was so sad when the movie was over that when I got home and I tried to read the book I got really emotional and I started crying.

  

  Salma Hayek
  • Home
  • Character
  • Book

• I always say the classier cousin of 'Anchorman' is 'Mad Men,' because when you really look at it, why do people really love Don Draper in 'Mad Men?' He's just a terrible guy. But we know why he's terrible, and I think that's really key to why you can be sympathetic to a character.

  

  Adam McKay
  • People
  • Love
  • Character

• Very few people possess true artistic ability. It is therefore both unseemly and unproductive to irritate the situation by making an effort. If you have a burning, restless urge to write or paint, simply eat something sweet and the feeling will pass.

  

  Fran Lebowitz
  • People
  • Art
  • True

• Artists forget than the first purpose of a comic character is to convey emotion. Everything else, like realism, or other kinds of virtuosity, is an optional extra. If you sacrifice expression for the sake of other concerns, you're putting the cart before the horse.

  

  Ted Naifeh
  • Character
  • Purpose
  • Horse

• Whether you need to like a character, I don't think that's necessary in order to portray him.

  

  J. K. Simmons
  • Character
  • Think
  • Him

• As often as you fail, get up and try again. God will never let you down, so long as you don't let Him down, and so long as you make the effort.

  

  Paramahansa Yogananda
  • Up
  • God
  • Long

• Integrity is the core of our character. Without integrity, we have a weak foundation upon which to build other Christlike characteristics.

  

  L. Lionel Kendrick
  • Character
  • Integrity

• We are talking about someone who has lived. It must be honored in every respect. The fictional can take any kind of channel - according to the actor's marriage to the character.

  

  Kate Mulgrew
  • Character
  • Respect
  • Marriage

• Hollywood constantly wants to label you and type you into a certain category, 'Oh he's a comedy guy,' or the weirdo character guy or the villain.

  

  Sam Rockwell
  • Character
  • Guy
  • Comedy

• The heart of the theater is the play itself, how it dramatizes life to make it meaningful entertainment. To achieve depth and universality, the playwright must subject himself to intense critique, to know human character and behavior, and finally to construct art from the most mundane of human experience.

  

  F. Sionil Jose
  • Life
  • Heart
  • Art

• I am in no mood to be deceived any longer by the crafty devil and false character whose greatest pleasure is to take advantage of everyone.

  

  Camille Claudel
  • Character
  • Devil
  • Mood

• Imagine, if you can, four things that have very different sizes. First, the entire universe. Second, the planet Earth. Third, the nucleus of an atom. Fourth, a superstring. The step in size from each of these things to the next is roughly the same... twenty powers of ten....

  

  Freeman Dyson
  • Different
  • Earth
  • Universe

• What I observed about my fellow actors was that most gave up very easily.

  

  Harrison Ford
  • Up
  • Very
  • Most

• You would be amazed how many important outs you can get by working the count down to where the hitter is sure you're going to throw to his weakness, and then throw to his power instead.

  

  Edward Charles Ford
  • Working
  • Weakness
  • Count

• As with all the other rappers I've worked with, Biggie and I shared common ground. Even though Biggie grew up in Brooklyn and I grew up in Chicago, we came from the same 'hood.

  

  R. Kelly
  • Up
  • Chicago
  • Hood

• In one of the rooms of the Fortuny Palace there are eight books from Prospero's Library. They are magical books. In many senses all books are magical.

  

  Peter Greenaway
  • Library

• All literature is an effort at the formal character of the epigram.

  

  Delmore Schwartz
  • Character
  • Effort
  • Literature