Fugard Playwright Quotes

#1. But it is always easy to put together stories about a past which nobody any longer remembers, like those about journeys to countries where nobody has ever been.

Marcel Proust

#2. I have nothing but wastes and wilds of self-translation before me for many miserable months to come.

Samuel Beckett

#3. By their nature, it came to me, children were freaks. They believed impossible things to suit themselves, thought their fantasies were the center of the world. They were the best kinds of quacks, if that's what you wanted - pretenders who didn't know they were pretending at all.

Emily Fridlund

#4. Love God, and do as you like, say the Free Spirits. Yes; but as long as you like anything contrary to God's will, you do not love Him.

Meister Eckhart

#5. There is a great tradition of independent filmmaking in the U.S. that I absolutely respect. There's some wonderful stuff that comes out in this country against all the odds.

Mike Leigh

#6. I don't give up on commitments until what I've been asked to do is clearly finished.

Carly Fiorina

#7. Everything I did in hockey, I worked for.

Wayne Gretzky

#8. Athol Fugard became famous as a playwright, so although 'Tsotsi' the book was written in the '60s, it was only published in the '80s. It was then optioned pretty much every year by producers. I think the problem was that holding onto its period setting made it very hard to get finance.

Gavin Hood

#9. Tardiness in literature can make me nervous.

Manuel Puig

#10. I think we are living in paradise with regards to the ways we can amuse ourselves, communicate. We have such a richness of possibilities.

Ian Watson

#11. Fame is not like a jacket. You can't put it on and then take it off.

Victoria Beckham

#12. People who are truly strong lift others up. People who are truly powerful bring others together.

Michelle Obama