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Peter Shaffer Quotes

In London, 'Equus' caused a sensation because it displayed cruelty to horses; in New York, because it allegedly displayed cruelty to psychiatrists.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: playwright
Nationality: english
Birth: May 15, 1926 - June 6, 2016

Topics

New York New London Cruelty Because

I do like to be shirtless.

The whole reason Sabrina came about was because we wanted something good for families to watch on TV.

Melissa Joan Hart

Good Reason Watch Something Whole

All the legal action I've taken against newspapers has had a massively positive effect on my life and achieved exactly what I wanted, which is privacy and non-harassment.

I don't kid around.

I think there's a tendency with actor/directors to imagine themselves playing every part and trying to get people to follow their rhythm, their tempo, their pace. I've learned now to just love being at the center of this creative swirl.

Love Creative People Think Trying

As well as being blind, Ma turned out to have the same mental illness that her mother had had. Between 1986 and 1990, she suffered six schizophrenic bouts, each requiring her to be institutionalised for up to three months.

Mother Blind Three Mental Illness Up

I feel like we were so naive when we first got started, we didn't even know we'd be around for two years, given how tough it was when we were first starting out.

Tough Feel Know First Naive Out

Nobody likes being told who or what they are.

Douglas Coupland

Nobody Being Who Likes

I just like to choose projects that will allow me as an artist to make my art.

Art Me Choose Artist Will Just

I was a typical teen growing up in the 1960s, when everybody was into gurus and meditation.

Teen Growing Up Meditation Growing

Because I come from a place like Jamaica, which is a small, open economy, I viscerally get the importance of the global economy.

Peter Blair Henry

Small Place Economy Open Get Global

I can honestly say, there was a moment when I was writing 'Upstream Color' where I fell so hard for what it was becoming that I couldn't think of anything else. I was absolutely secure in this story in the way I'm rarely secure about anything else in my life.

Life Moment Writing Color Think Say

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