"I'm probably most proud of the plays that I've written just because as the playwright, you know, you're God. You get to do everything. You don't make any money hardly at all, but you really get to kind of control the scene."

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John Buffalo Mailer

#Proud Quotes #Kind Quotes #Scene Quotes

“There is no need to argue if an experiment can be made.”
“Gimme some of that you and me, Some of that way back when, A little bit of wild and free I wanna feel that again”
“Every lord's mansion stands on the foundation of your bones, soldier, every field has been saturated with your sweat, and you, peasant, even if you worked your arms down to the stub, if you won a hundred battles, and faithfully gave the last drop of your blood for your country, you would always be a slave. There is no land for you, no heaven, no shelter, not even a doghouse where you could rest your poor head. You are the last before God and before people, the last one.”
“I believe in a lot of astrology. I believe in aliens... I look up into the stars and I imagine: 'How self-important are we to think that we are the only life-form?'”
“We have next to consider the formal definition of virtue.”
“We shouldn't confuse singers and performers with actors. Actors will say, "My character this, and my character that." Like beating a dead horse. Who cares about the character? Just get up and act. You don't have to explain it to me.”
“Between the adored and the adorer falls the shadow.”
“Face adversity head on in your training and you will conquer it smoothly in your fight.”

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