Alan Furst Quotes

When I went to prep school in New York City, I had to ride the subway and learned how to do homework on the train. I can work and read through anything.

Alan Furst

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: February 20, 1941

Topics

WorkRideSchoolNew YorkCityNew

Theatre is a game of hide-and-seek. For both the hiders and the seekers, the thrill is in the discovery. When the rules of the game are too vague or too complicated, however, the audience can lose its urge to play; the prize no longer seems quite worth the hunt.

John Lahr

TheatreGameWorthLoseRulesPlay

I don't mess around with my subconscious.

Robert Rauschenberg

MessSubconsciousAround

There is nothing unbiblical about building a wall and protecting citizens.

Robert Jeffress

BuildingWallNothingCitizensAbout

I didn't have much confidence in myself... never.

Maurice Sendak

ConfidenceMyselfNeverMuch

I was in 'Jacques Brel' Off-Broadway for many years, so I've always been a singing actress, but the songwriting was a complete surprise. I had never written a song in my life. We were on the road with 'Jacques Brel' doing the national tour, and I picked up a guitar one day and I wrote a song.

Amanda McBroom

LifeDaySingingSongRoadSurprise

I'm not yet fortunate enough to take only the scripts that capture my fancy, but each one has to be a new experience, to put me in a light that audiences haven't necessarily seen me before.

Rose Leslie

LightExperienceMeEnoughNewTake

I'm happy out of my mind. I like beating a lot of people.

Michelle Wie

HappyPeopleMindOutLikeBeating

'I'm Broken' was a sound check riff.

Dimebag Darrell

BrokenSoundCheckRiff

I know what I'm capable of, and I try to go out and prove that.

Draymond Green

GoKnowProveTryCapableOut

I think people are made uncomfortable by uncensored expressions of emotion.

Claire Danes

PeopleThinkUncomfortableEmotion

The really good stuff- the 'Hamiltons' - comes out after decades of writing and being committed.

Alice Ripley

GoodWritingOutStuffCommitted

I have been rejected 120 times, probably because I didn't write the right book.

Pierce Brown

BookWriteRightBecauseBeenTimes

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