"I was the first critic ever to win a Tony - for co-authoring 'Elaine Stritch at Liberty.' Criticism is a life without risk; the critic is risking his opinion, the maker is risking his life. It's a humbling thought but important for the critic to keep it in mind - a thought he can only know if he's made something himself."

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Source : "Questions for John Lahr". www.newyorker.com. January 23, 2009.

John Lahr

#Winning Quotes #Risk Quotes #Mind Quotes

“The lack of money is the root of all evil.”
“Fortune brings in some boats that are not steered.”
“The execs don't care what color you are. They care about how much money you make. Hollywood is not really black or white. It's green.”
“Man could not live if he were entirely impervious to sadness. Many sorrows can be endured only by being embraced, and the pleasure taken in them naturally has a somewhat melancholy character.”
“The only mistake in life is the lesson not learned.”
“I don't want to be in front of the camera forever. I'm not thirsty. I'm not a pop star. I don't want to reign over all forever. I don't want to be famous! It makes me feel sick, the thought of being a famous person. It's just not me. I'm the happiest when I'm in the studio, not on a beauty parade.”
“At the bottom of philosophy something very true and very desperate whispers: Everyone is hungry all the time. Everyone is starving. Everyone wants so much, much more than they can stomach, but the appetite doesn't converse much with the stomach. Everyone is hungry and not only for food - for comfort and love and excitement and the opposite of being alone. Almost everything awful anyone does is to get those things and keep them.”
“On the beach, you can live in bliss.”

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