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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The four walls of paper are like a prison because every idea wants to spring out in all directions - everything is connected with everything else, sometimes more than others.
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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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When someone has the desire to go to school and has the ability but can't get into our schools, that's wrong. Education drives the economy and the quality of life.
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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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It will not bother me in the hour of death to reflect that I have been "had for a sucker" by any number of imposters but it would be a torment to know that one had refused even one person in need.
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Christians who believe in the Bible believe that it is their job to bring others the joy of salvation. Even if they're murdered, beaten to death, imprisoned - that's what you do for God.
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Sometimes that is why you might even stay in the bathroom for even half an hour, making that water running all over, just singing.
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When we meet a work of art, there's something about that encounter that isn't fixed in time, but rather, it unfixes time: the shaft opens. The past and present exist in the same moment, and we know, as beings, that we are connected. All the people who lived before us, all who will come after us, are connected in this moment.
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I love how close New York is to Europe; I love the seasons, and I don't think I could live without them. They're the way I track the passage of time.
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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.
