Kleist Penthesilea Quotes

#1. I guess coming after 'Country Grammar' and everybody thinking, 'Well maybe, that was it.' To come back with something like 'Nellyville' and to have people accept it and appreciate it the way they did, that was a great move.

Nelly

#2. I really like directors who give you a certain amount of autonomy because I think a lot about my characters and I think a lot about scenes and choices.

Sarah Gadon

#3. Even if the dramatic scenes are really hard, if you're happy with what you have and it's been creative and you had a good time with the people you worked with, that's a good day.

Ayelet Zurer

#4. I feel it can be dangerous to explain whole cultures with buzzwords.

Haruki Murakami

#5. My method of getting a play across the footlights is like a revolver shooting: every line has a bullet in it and comes with an explosion.

George Bernard Shaw

#6. You cannot kill an idea by murdering innocent people - though you can nudge it toward suicide.

Joe Randazzo

#7. Trade is nothing else but a Commutation of Superfluities; for instance: I give mine, what I can spare, for somewhat of yours, which I want, and you can spare.

Dudley North

#8. True humility is not in the absence of confidence but strength restrained.

Bill Johnson

#9. As long as you are following God's will, friend Kline. But even God sometimes becomes impatient. You know the story of Jonah, friend Kline? How many whales do you suppose God will deign send to swallow you? When does God run out of whales?

Brian Evenson