Tony Kushner Quotes

Making movies is a very different experience in a lot of ways. It's difficult when you're used to owning the copyright and having a landlord's possessory rights - I rent my plays to the companies that do them and, if I'm upset, I can pull the play. But the only two directors I've worked with are pretty great.

Tony Kushner

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GreatExperienceYouI CanPlay

When I was a kid, you would tune in to 'The Tonight Show' before you went to sleep. Johnny Carson. A big treat. I know it's a privilege of mine to be able to be in people's homes. So I hope I make everyone proud, including my parents, and do a good job in this.

Jimmy Fallon

GoodHopeJobSleepParentsPeople

I don't think there was a time I ever thought of myself as anything but a writer. I thought I was going to be the next Toni Morrison.

Shonda Rhimes

TimeMyselfThinkThoughtAnything

I love Nintendo, I'll never not love Nintendo. I want to play new Zeldas, basically.

Ron Funches

LovePlayNewWantNeverNintendo

I don't know if the money I've earned is going to need to last me for the next few weeks or the rest of my life.

Rufus Sewell

LifeMoneyMeRestMy LifeKnow

When I was four years old, my father, who was a colonel in the army, was stationed in Salzburg, Austria. Across the street from our house was an ancient castle on a cliff. So when I first heard fairy tales, I felt as if the magic of 'Cinderella' or 'Sleeping Beauty' was taking place right in my own neighborhood.

Mary Pope Osborne

BeautyFatherMagicHousePlace

The building's identity resided in the ornament.

Louis Sullivan

ArchitectureIdentityBuilding

My paranoia never ends, but I haven't been paranoid about being spied on my shadowy forces for some time now.

Jon Ronson

TimeNowNeverParanoidParanoia

Every person is a God in embryo. Its only desire is to be born.

Deepak Chopra

GodBornPersonDesireOnlyEvery

I love 'The Stand;' I read it when I was a kid - it was one of my favorite books when I was growing up. I love Stephen King; I think he's a remarkable writer.

David Yates

LoveKingGrowing UpThinkStandUp

I can't imagine anything more important than air, water, soil, energy and biodiversity. These are the things that keep us alive.

David Suzuki

WaterEnergyAliveImportantSoil

This may sound strange but I had dreams as a kid of doing exactly what I ended up doing in my life.

Corey Hart

LifeDreamsMy LifeDoingStrange

I had a great deal of arrogance and a great deal of bravado, but I think the bravado was brought on by a huge insecurity.

Brian Molko

GreatInsecurityThinkArroganceHad

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