Dirk Benedict Quotes

To me, all writing is like music. And especially dialogue. I studied music in college; that is what I wanted to be, a composer. Acting got me sidetracked.

Dirk Benedict

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: March 1, 1945

Topics

MusicCollegeMeWritingActingGot

In the end, people are persuaded not by what we say, but by what they understand.

John C. Maxwell

PeopleEndBrainySayUnderstand

I think you can write very good comedy without a partner, but what I love about it, working with a partner, is that you get to places you'd never get on your own. It's like when God was designing the world and decided we couldn't have children without a partner; it was a way of mixing up the genes so you'd get a more interesting product.

John Cleese

LoveGoodGodChildrenWorldThink

I slowly dismantled the act of painting, to consider the possibility that no-thing ever really transcends its immediate environment.

Robert Irwin

PaintingEnvironmentActSlowlyEver

I need it all: in-depth characterization, fantastic/warped world building, a plot that could out-race Secretariat, and a 'voice.' I need to hear a uniqueness in the author's voice.

Rob Thurman

WorldBuildingVoiceUniquenessNeed

Some of the martial arts films, the motivation is about martial arts. That's where it's coming from. It is a visual, commercial film, to showcase the next stunt, the biggest thing. And character development becomes a side thing.

Michelle Yeoh

CharacterMotivationDevelopmentSide

I don't really like vegetables. But I'll eat them.

Miranda Lambert

VegetablesEatLikeThemReally

People have a right to criticize.

Luciano Pavarotti

PeopleRightCriticize

In last year's local elections in Manchester a third of those who voted did so by post. It's not just that people are choosing to get postal votes, but having one makes it much more likely that they'll vote.

Lucy Powell

PeopleYearVoteMoreElectionsGet

By the time I got to record my first album, I was 26, I didn't need pen or paper - my memory had been trained just to listen to a song, think of the words, and lay them to tape.

Jay-Z

TimeWordsMemorySongThinkPen

I don't care what anybody says about Ringo. I cut my rock-n-roll teeth listening to him.

Don Henley

ListeningCareTeethHimCutSays

I own two species of the raptors - Falco peregrinus and Falco biarmicus.

Shahid Khan

TwoOwnSpecies

I came to America from Canada because Canada is stultifyingly boring and incredibly hypocritical.

Shane Smith

AmericaCanadaBoringBecauseI Came

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