These performers that go on about their technique and craft – oh, puleeze! How boring! I don’t know what ‘technique’ means. But I do know what experience is. Elaine Stritch Read Quote
I had an inspirational teacher at my junior school: Peter Nixon. He was enthusiastic, knowledgeable and slightly scary – a good combination for a teacher. Stephen Mangan Read Quote
I’ve never felt influenced by Ernest Hemingway though I suppose there is something inevitable there. Jim Harrison Read Quote
Basketball wasn’t going particularly well, but in my senior year, I did a play and got a wonderful card from a professor that said, ‘I don’t know what your plans are after school or if acting is a part of it, but you have something special.’ Hearing that from someone who I had so much respect for pointed me in that direction. Mahershala Ali Read Quote
It doesn’t seem that long ago to me that the word ‘irreverent’ seemed affixed to my name. ‘Irreverent newcomer.’ I went from irreverent to venerable in what seems to me like the blink of an eye. Bob Costas Read Quote
I didn’t want my epitaph to read ‘Here lies John Caudwell, billionaire.’ I knew that wasn’t enough. I’ve had a charitable instinct all my life, but working gave me no time for it. John Caudwell Read Quote
In my home city of Vancouver, most people put out their recycling boxes. The organic grocery and cafe on Fourth Avenue is flourishing. Bikes are popular, and there are a few gas-electric hybrid cars gliding around. But as this new century begins, my twentysomething generation is becoming increasingly disconnected from the natural world. Severn Cullis-Suzuki Read Quote
China, in the future, is going to have even more nuclear capability than it has had in the past. I don’t believe that they have anything to fear from the United States, and I frankly don’t believe they do fear the United States. Paul Wolfowitz Read Quote