"When I wrote The Onion Field, I realized that my first two novels were just practice."

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Source : Interview with Ann Bruns, www.bookreporter.com. May 17, 2002.

Joseph Wambaugh

#Practice Quotes #Two Quotes #Onions Quotes

“Making art is dealing with people on your own terms. The ideal way of using people is using them like clay, but that being out of the question, except for lunatics and leaders, art is a good alternative.”
“As a member of the House Select Committee on Intelligence, I will be participating in several hearings on the startling revelations contained in the report.”
“Fit yourself for the best society, and then, never enter it.”
“If I wasn't a model I would have liked to be a gardener. It is still a puzzle to me that I ever became a model. I am an extremely private person and I do not have the temperament for fame. I think I was rather ashamed of this trivial way of earning a living.”
“By a lot of peoples standards, I lived a very privileged life. I never wanted for attention, I never wanted for material things. In some ways, I was probably spoiled because I never had to share. And I was doted on.”
“I think it's important for us to allow ourselves to be in creative bubble when you really need to finish something. You can always re enter the world after, once you feel like you're done with it.”
“There are bits at the table read that destroy, so much so that we can't wait to do it in taping. And then, no reaction. And then there are times when I can't get the right read on a line in rehearsal, and then the audience howls at it. The strange thing is I still don't know why it happens like that. It's not like afterwards I think, 'Now I know why that worked!'”

Source : Source: www.hollywoodchicago.com
“To work is simple enough; but to rest, there is the difficulty.”

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