Stephen J. Cannell (Stephen Joseph Cannell) Quotes
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Writers are storytellers. So are readers.
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I love writers all across the board, but one who influenced me very directly at the beginning was Mary Renault.
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But if I were to say who influenced me most, then I'd say Franz Kafka. And his works were always anchored in the Central European region.
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It shows 'us vs. them', and I'm on the 'us' side.
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I love thriller writers. My favourites are Harlan Coban, Lee Child, Ian Rankin, Kathy Reichs and Ed McBain.
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If I am comfortable with my co-star, then that always shows in my performances.
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I get a lot of inspiration from the audience feedback to our live shows.
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I don't want to show deleted scenes. I don't like an audience looking at what the movie might have been - if it's in the movie, it's in the movie.
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There was no way in hell I was going to jeopardize my baby for my show.
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I lost my voice. I'd never had to cancel a show before and I had to walk around with a pad and a pen, writing things down.
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Go out on the stage as a human being and do not be afraid to show struggle in your music. It's a struggle in life and then struggle and then victory.
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What I like to do is just make good music, good movies, hopefully perform a good show full of energy and just have some fun.
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There are very few of us, who reach my advanced age, who are still working in the business, as writers. As artists, people can hang out longer.
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Show business is the best possible therapy for remorse.
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Our shows are packed with laughter and light-hearted songs to lift the listener from their everyday life. We encourage the audience to participate in any way.
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If it's possible, I binge. There are other shows, like 'The Americans' and 'Game of Thrones,' I watch and have to wait a week.
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After all, game shows are not like working in a coal mine.
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No, Freedom has a thousand charms to show That slaves, howe'er contented, never know.
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Poets and writers who are in love with the superlative all want to do more than they can.
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Only that type of story deserves to be called moral that shows us that one has the power within oneself to act, out of the conviction that there is something better, even against one's own inclination.
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All kids want from their dad is for them to be around - and to show up when they say they're going to show up.
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And thus I take my leave of the world and of you all, and I heartily desire you all to pray for me.
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After Hurricane Sandy, my family and I stayed in our apartment in lower Manhattan before things normalized. We're lucky enough to live on a bit of high ground, so we weren't flooded... but it was intense. Since there was no light, water, or electricity, I spent a lot of time playing acoustic guitar in the evenings.
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I really hesitate to say that any of my shows influenced other writers.
