John Guare Quotes
Plays have a celebratory nature that no other form has. Theater always meant celebration, a birthday, a reward for good grades. I felt at home in a theater. I loved being part of an audience. All the rules - the audience has to see the play on a certain date at a certain time in a certain place in a certain seat.
Quotes to Explore
-
Middle school was probably my hardest time. I was trying to fit in for so long, until about junior year of high school when I realized that trying to fit into this one image of perfection was never going to make me happy.
-
With the death of bin Laden, it's finally time for Congress to bring back the pre-9-11 legal norm, before we decided it was okay to toss out our civil liberties if the 'bad guys' were scary enough.
-
I've had those people very interested in my writing. Since I think of myself as a composer, I feel really good. I've had lots of guys call me up. I've gotten two or three commissions to write things. I've written lots of movie scores.
-
My motivation is tomorrow, just one day at a time, right?
-
The last time I had to make a career decision, I was 17. I could have gone to Ballet Theatre or National Ballet of Canada. There were options. But as I became exposed to the Robbins repertoire, I realized that there was a living genius in the house.
-
It's fun to look at people that are so good at acting that aren't actors, like David Bowie creating a mystique about rock n' roll.
-
I actually spend very little time listening to any new music.
-
There is no age better than another. The commitment to give of yourself and the knowledge that the time is right are what's important.
-
This also is a part of the teaching of the Church, that there are certain angels of God, and certain good influences, which are His servants in accomplishing the salvation of men.
-
Women can be two different people - one person at home, another at work.
-
The '70s were a time of turmoil and turnover. But I grew up here. I always wanted to play here.
-
When you have teachers saying, 'I don't have enough time for hands-on activities,' we need to rethink the way we do education.
-
Knowledge is a polite word for dead but not buried imagination.
-
I grew up doing musical theatre in Orlando, Florida. When I was 14, I just happened to be in the right place at the right time - a deliveryman heard me singing and offered to deliver my demo tape to Sony Music. I was just really lucky.
-
If I really had to pinpoint my happiest days out of the United States, I'd choose those Fifties military days in Britain, particularly my time in South Ruislip. I had a ball.
-
I was an athlete. And I proved I didn't win just because I was pretty. I was good, too.
-
Of all the hard jobs around, one of the hardest is being a good teacher.
-
And I think within the pages of The Betrayal of America I think I present an overwhelming case that these five justices were up to no good, and they deliberately set out to hand the election to George Bush.
-
I play baseball - 'The Show' - a lot. I'm pretty good at that. I go 'Road to the Show,' where you build your own player. I build myself when I used to play as a center fielder. Power, speed, stealing bases.
-
It is customary for the writer to sneer that Hollywood has traduced their book. Well, I adore my film.
-
The only way to see a movie is in a big theater, on a big screen, with a big bag of popcorn.
-
These days, I'm always trying to have lots of touches, to be involved, and to play my football for 90 minutes.
-
When I started doing music full time, I figured out my job wasn't something I needed to be completely sober for.
-
Plays have a celebratory nature that no other form has. Theater always meant celebration, a birthday, a reward for good grades. I felt at home in a theater. I loved being part of an audience. All the rules - the audience has to see the play on a certain date at a certain time in a certain place in a certain seat.
