Mike Nichols Quotes

A play, after all, is a mystery. There's no narration. And as soon as there's no narration, it's open to interpretation. It must be interpreted. You don't have a choice... Each play can become many things.

Mike Nichols

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: director
  • Nationality: german
  • Birth: November 6, 1931 - November 19, 2014

Topics

MysteryYouChoicePlayBecomeOpen

You have to do something when you're lying in bed. So you play with your mind.

Jim Davis

MindYouBedPlayLyingSomething

Maybe you weren't born with a silver spoon in your mouth, but like every American, you carry a deed to 635 million acres of public lands. That's right. Even if you don't own a house or the latest computer on the market, you own Yosemite, Yellowstone, the Grand Canyon, Golden Gate National Recreation Area, and many other natural treasures.

John Garamendi

AmericanYouMouthHouseBornRight

What I've found is that there is a tremendous interest in these issues, across the political spectrum, sort of left-right terms we used to describe people don't really hold here exactly.

Robert McChesney

PeoplePoliticalHoldUsedHere

Whatever is referred to must exist. Let us call this the axiom of existence.

John Searle

ExistenceWhateverCallUsExist

You know how I came up with the name 'Road to the Super Bowl?' It's an homage to the old Bob Hope - Bing Crosby buddy movies - you know, like 'Road to Zanzibar' or 'Road to Morocco.' Can you tell? All I've done my whole life is go to movies.

Steve Sabol

LifeHopeRoadNameYouKnow

At the end of the program, I tried to talk to the kids a little bit about life skills.

Troy Vincent

LifeEndSkillsTalkLittleKids

I am an anthologist, you see. I sort of make anthologies for people.

Roger Rees

I AmPeopleYouSeeMakeSort

I am a son of Detroit. I was born in Detroit.

Mitt Romney

SonI AmBornDetroitI Was BornAm

I cannot afford to waste my time making money.

Louis Agassiz

TimeMoneyMaking MoneyCannotWaste

It's good that I managed to hoodwink so many people. I am actually not that nice a person.

Jarvis Cocker

GoodI AmPeoplePersonNiceMany

What I play now isn't surf music. It's too powerful. I used to go through paper bags; now I go through brick walls. I play hard.

Dick Dale

MusicWallsPowerfulBrickPlayGo

To do a train wreck and make it look real on screen is tremendously skilful.

Bradley Walsh

LookTrainRealScreenMakeWreck

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