James Wolcott Quotes

People want to be special. I think ambition can take in a whole package of things, power or sexual excitement.

James Wolcott

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: critic
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: December 10, 1952

Topics

PowerPeopleAmbitionThinkWant

Acting-wise, I love Helena Bonham Carter. I love Kate Winslet. I love Angelina Jolie when she was 'Girl, Interrupted' Angelina Jolie. There isn't anybody that I can definitely point to and be like her. Because I've never felt like I've been able to relate to the women that are famous.

Jessica Williams

LoveWomenGirlFamousI CanNever

On the one hand, young theatre directors were coming to television theatre, because they wanted to get closer to the cinema, despite having studied and worked for the theatre.

Andrzej Wajda

TheatreTelevisionCinemaYoungHand

The beauty of all these years of singing the anthem is that I got a chance to meet athletes that I love, and there was a mutual respect.

Jeffrey Osborne

LoveBeautyRespectSingingChance

Life is hard, but there are moments, sometimes hours - and, if you're really lucky, full days - where everything feels just right.

Andy Grammer

LifeLife Is HardMomentsYouLucky

There could be shadow galaxies, shadow stars, and even shadow people.

Stephen Hawking

StarsShadowPeopleEvenGalaxies

Sampling is very important for me. It's the backbone of hip-hop.

Statik Selektah

MeImportantHip-HopBackboneVery

The possibilities are infinite with new writing; every time you open a new script, there's no limit to what it might contain.

Tom Stoppard

TimeWritingPossibilitiesYouNew

I've always said that my greatest crises are my greatest opportunities to prove my own character to myself.

Jon Taffer

CharacterMyselfOpportunitiesSaid

I know I'm British. I haven't spent much time in the U.K., but my parents are British, my family heritage is British, so if I wasn't British, what would I be? I am British.

Chris Froome

FamilyTimeI AmParentsHeritage

I have a teaching job that allows me to pay the rent and affords me to, frankly, write the books I want to write.

David Shields

JobMeWantRentWritePay

In voiceover, all you have to worry about is your voice and practicing with your voice and then being able to understand what the situation and whatnot is happening. And you have endless amounts of film to perfect the character.

Atticus Shaffer

CharacterVoiceWorryYouPerfect

A tendency to make metaphorical connections is an occupational hazard for those of us who write.

Alice McDermott

ConnectionsWriteUsWhoHazard

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