"I think if a story has a message it should be incidental and accidental, otherwise it leans too close to indoctrination."

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Source : Interview with Brad R. Torgersen, bradrtorgersen.wordpress.com. August 6, 2012.

Karen Lord

#Thinking Quotes #Stories Quotes #Messages Quotes

“I don't like religion very much. I think it's all about people trying to be very certain about things that are very uncertain.”

Source : Interview with David Jacob Kramer, believermag.com. June 1, 2009.
“If you have an image of someone cutting off a relationship, it's the cutting off that will lead to your suffering. If you see the action as their need being expressed, then the message is within them, not you. Any interpretation you put onto another person's message (such as passive-aggressive, withholding, etc.), you will pay for because of how you took it.”
“I have always been a sucker for the big, upbeat chorus.”
“Well, if you weren't flirting with him"-his voice had now grown a little plaintive-"who was he, and what did you want with him anyway?" "If you are so determined to bore me, I may just have to go home." Astrid sighed carelessly, "What a shame, when I am wearing such a pretty dress.”
“There's nothing like a great piece of theater - a great performance in a great piece of theater.”
“I feel that special secret current between the public and me. I can hold them with one little note in the air, and they will not breathe. That is a great, great moment.”
“When you are writing for an artist you are trying to get into that artist's point of view. What does that artist want to say? What do they care about? And musically, you want to show off that artist.”

Source : Interview with Pati Buehler, www.broadwayworld.com. June 13, 2004.
“I was very afraid at the beginning, until Master told me that pain isn't the truth; it's what you have to get through in order to find the truth.”

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