Action Quotes

I find screenplays easy to write, my novels being very visual. You see what people look like. The physical action is described.

John Irving
- People
- Action
There have been things over the years that didn't work. 'Body Of Lies,' directed by Ridley Scott, which I did with Russell Crowe and Leonardo DiCaprio, is a really tight action thriller, but when it opened in the U.S. it was number two to 'Beverly Hills Chihuahua.'

Mark Strong
- Work
- Action
- Lies

In my experience, what is often missing between intent and action is the knowledge and the means to actually change the way we do business or make consumer decisions.

Arancha Gonzalez
Once we know the plot and its surprises, we can appreciate a book's artistry without the usual confusion and sap flow of emotion, content to follow the action with tenderness and interest, all passion spent. Rather than surrender to the story or the characters - as a good first reader ought - we can now look at how the book works, and instead of swooning over it like a besotted lover begin to appreciate its intricacy and craftmanship. Surprisingly, such dissection doesn't murder the experience. Just the opposite: Only then does a work of art fully live.

Michael Dirda
There's a lot of insincerity about the actions of our legislators; they create distractions - like this anti-gay law you alluded to - and try to mobilise, to exacerbate people's emotions. Until the legislators started making laws, people minded, generally, their own business.

Wole Soyinka
We have to have films about action and violence and special effects. That's the sad part, but you know what? It's not me doing it.

Pam Grier
- Action
- Violence
- Sad
We have to think about affirmative action and craft it in such a way where some of our children, who are advantaged, aren't getting more favorable treatment than a poor white kid who struggled more.

Barack Obama
- Thinking
- Children
- Kids
However, given the fact that the State has a controlling stake in the company [Rosneft], it might not be the best course of action when one company under State control buys another one fully owned by the State. This is one point.

Vladimir Putin
- Company
- Facts
- Given