August Wilson Quotes
I don't write particularly to effect social change. I believe writing can do that, but that's not why I write.
Quotes to Explore
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The United States may be a religious nation. But it is also a nation with a strong commitment to separation of church and state.
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I'm going to get hated for saying this, but honestly, fantasy is easy to write because you can do anything. It's like when Raymond Chandler brings in a bloke with a gun when he's stuck - in fantasy, up pops a wizard, and off we go.
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I always had dreams as a kid. I definitely sat at home and watched the Oscars every year and got emotional every year at everyone's speeches.
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I've been a victim in every film I have done so far. It would be nice to play someone who doesn't get killed for once. Then again, I am getting really good at screaming and fake tears.
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The United States should not engage in tit-for-tat polemics directed at its most important allies. That is as demeaning as it is destructive.
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To like an individual because he's black is just as insulting as to dislike him because he isn't white.
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I started off singing in church as a child. The sound of voices coming together, that was my first moment of touching something outside of myself.
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Are you used to entertaining everyone with your tales of drama and conflict? Do you get attention and feel important every time you complain about how awful this man is? Stop settling for attention for the negative stuff in your life.
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There's almost no author alive who isn't weathering the tumultuous changes in the publishing industry.
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One of the strange things about violent and authoritarian regimes is they don't like the glare of negative publicity.
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Progress in civilization has been accompanied by progress in cookery.
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Those market researchers... are playing games with you and me and with this entire country. Their so-called samples of opinion are no more accurate or reliable than my grandmother's big toe was when it came to predicting the weather.
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The way management treats associates is exactly how the associates will treat the customers.
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No organization should be allowed near disaster unless they are willing to cooperate with some level of established leadership.
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They call me Fearless Felix.
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I want to let fans know how much I appreciate them and how much I appreciate them showing interest in our music and me personally.
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I don't intentionally go: 'Ooh, what is provocative,' and try to do that. I just do stuff, and people go: 'Ooh, that's provocative.'
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When clients come to my design agency and say 'I want to be the Apple of this or that,' we say 'Okay, are you ready to be the Steve Jobs?' Few are up to the task.
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I'm just not into trying to convince people like me. I always say to myself, 'It is what it is.' I walk into a situation knowing that people are either going to love me or they're not, and that's OK. I'm just going to be me. You can't be everything to everyone.
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Some people write heavily, some write lightly. I prefer the light approach because I believe there is a great deal of false reverence about. There is too much solemnity and intensity in dealing with sacred matters; too much speaking in holy tones.
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While I have corrected agreed factual errors, I have not been inhibited from writing what I felt to be the truth about The Prince of Wales.
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Rooting for the offense is the safe way to go. You win either way.
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We went into this with the utmost respect for the source material, but we recognized the need for change.
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I don't write particularly to effect social change. I believe writing can do that, but that's not why I write.
