Under adversity, under oppression, the words begin to fail, the easy words begin to fail. In order to convey things accurately, the human being is almost forced to find the most precise words possible, which is a precondition for literature.
Women are repeatedly accused of taking things personally. I cannot see any other honest way of taking them.
One of the things I've never been accused of is not caring about people.
Everything we did was criticized. For about thirty years we lived with the world against us, accusing us of things we didn't do!
I am accustomed to sleep and in my dreams to imagine the same things that lunatics imagine when awake.
I want to achieve great things.
It is not by muscle, speed, or physical dexterity that great things are achieved, but by reflection, force of character, and judgment.
Unity is strength... when there is teamwork and collaboration, wonderful things can be achieved.
One of the things you realize with a lot of high achievers: You have to figure out a way to make things their idea.
Creative things have to sell to get acknowledged as such.
With my projects, I really like the extreme high-tech stuff, but I also like the other end, the acoustic things. So it seems like those meet on an iPad, where you make shapes but the sounds coming out of it are really acoustic.
Performing arts buildings are complex. The acoustics, the sight lines and all that have to just be perfect. So you begin with just making these things sublime as musical instruments. And if you fail there, you have failed it all.
The beginning of an acquaintance whether with persons or things is to get a definite outline of our ignorance.
Men acquiesce in a thousand things, once righteously and boldly done, to which, if proposed to them in advance, they might find endless objections.
The knowledge of anything, since all things have causes, is not acquired or complete unless it is known by its causes.
The nature of the human mind is such that unless it is stimulated by images of things acting upon it from without, all remembrance of them passes easily away.
Among other things, Marching Band forms state that if my kid starts acting like a li'l jerkface on a trip, Marching Band can call and command me to pick up my li'l jerkface.
Acting is not an important job in the scheme of things. Plumbing is.
I love doing scripted things. What little acting ability I have I am holding on with my hangnails.
I started going to acting school when I was 14, and I would always have my own take on things.