"When the cinematograph first made its appearance, we were told that the days of the ordinary theatre were numbered."

-- Ivor Novello

#Theatre Quotes #Ordinary Quotes #Firsts Quotes

“Creating one single story often requires experimenting and planning and falling on your literary rear more than once before you find the way that works for your particular tale. The most important issue is to keep on trying until you get it right.”
“With respect to the question of relationships, my general view is that freedom means freedom for everyone. People...ought to be free to enter into any kind of relationship they want to.”
“I think it's (Israeli pressure for invading Iraq) the worst kept secret in Washington, everybody I talked to in Washington has known and fully knows what their agenda was and what they were trying to do; because I mentioned the Neo-Conservatives who describe themselves as Neo-Conservatives, I was called, Anti-Semitic.”

Source : 60 Minutes Interview, May 21, 2004.
“The internet has been a boon and a curse for teenagers.”
“In the anarchic world of international politics, it is better to be Godzilla than Bambi.”

Source : "China's Unpeaceful Rise". Current History, Volume 105, 2006.
“I tend to forget what I'm doing will ever be read while I'm writing it, and just get on with the task at hand.”

Source : "Interview: Garth Ennis And Aaron Campbell on Bringing 'The Shadow' To Dynamite". Interview with Charles Webb, www.mtv.com. January 19, 2012.
“What's troubling is that because the camera is 3D, the northern part of the screen isn't necessarily north anymore. So the jungle transforms into the true meaning of a jungle. For someone with no sense of direction like myself, I get lost in the caves every time.”
“... nothing ever dies that's worth remembering.”

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