Denis Johnson Quotes

All the modern verse plays, they're terrible; they're mostly about the poetry. It's more important that the play is first.

Denis Johnson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: german
  • Birth: July 1, 1949 - May 24, 2017

Topics

PoetryPlayImportantMoreFirst

Elvis was the only man from Northeast Mississippi who could shake his hips and still be loved by rednecks, cops, and hippies.

Jimmy Buffett

ManLovedOnlyStillMississippi

I'm not going to take a show unless I'm not sure I can do it. You have to have that sort of adrenaline.

Joe Johnston

YouI CanTakeGoingShowSure

I love the comradery of doing theatre that you don't get in film.

Andrea Martin

LoveTheatreDoingYouFilmGet

I think about the characters I've created, and then I sit down and start typing and see what they will do. There's a lot of subconscious thought that goes on. It amazes me to find out, a few chapters later, why I put someone in a certain place when I did.

Tom Clancy

MeStartThinkThoughtSomeoneDown

I have played in rain before. I have played in wind before. I have played in cold before, but not all put together. They were the hardest conditions I ever played in.

Michelle Wie

RainTogetherWindColdHardest

Being the only African American at this level in American Ballet Theater, I feel like people are looking at me, and it's my responsibility for me to do whatever I can to provide these opportunities in communities to be able to educate them.

Misty Copeland

ResponsibilityPeopleMeLooking

If you wished to be loved, love.

Lucius Annaeus Seneca

LoveLovedYouWished

While we remain a nation decisively shaped by religious faith, our politics and our culture are, in the main, less influenced by movements and arguments of an explicitly Christian character than they were even five years ago. I think this is a good thing - good for our political culture.

Jon Meacham

GoodCharacterFaithCultureThink

Comedians have a huge carte blanche and the ability to get away with saying a lot of things.

Marilyn Manson

SayingAbilityThingsComediansGet

You want to see women your own age in films.

Lynda Carter

WomenAgeYouWantSeeOwn

In my 20s, I was just angry.

Killer Mike

AngryJust

To be clear, NXT is a great place to be at, you know what I mean? ... Obviously, everybody aspires to be on Raw or Smackdown. That's why they sign with WWE, because they want to be able to perform on that stage and at Wrestlemania and Summerslam.

Kevin Owens

GreatYouPlaceKnowWantWhy

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