"You can make an audience see nearly anything, if you yourself believe in it."

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Source : Mary Renault (1974). “The Mask of Apollo”

Mary Renault

#Believe Quotes #Audience Quotes

“Most women dress as if they had been a mouse in a previous reincarnation, or hope to be one in the next.”
“If you had known me in middle school, I was definitely not what someone would think of as Brad Pitt. That was not me. I was kind of a dork.”
“That feeling of hopelessness and racism has been looming over Detroit ever since I was a kid.”
“Success in life comes to those who simply refuse to give up; individuals with vision so strong that obstacles, failure and loss only act as teachings”
“Today we know that centralization and big bureaucracies have not, as promised, been the answer for promoting better opportunities for society.”
“My show is sort of a short-film anthology, and I'm able to tell little stories that don't necessarily carry a whole episode in terms of narrative. I like the audience not being sure what they're getting. I think it's more fun to watch something when you're discovering it as you go along.”
“I can do whatever it takes to win.”
“I entered a poem in a poetry contest around 1987, and the poem won and I received $1,000 for it. That made me realize that maybe what I was writing was worth reading to people. After that, for some reason, I turned to novels and I've written mainly novels ever since.”

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