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Jacques Barzun Quotes

It seems a long time since the morning mail could be called correspondence.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: educator
Nationality: american
Birth: November 30, 1907 - October 25, 2012

Topics

Communication Morning Time Long Mail

The idea of stardom was difficult to grasp. It was like being schizophrenic; there was her, the woman on television, and the real me.

Jessica Savitch

Woman Me Television Difficult Real

FOr a while, I'd never had the opportunity to prove on TV that I could play the piano.

Opportunity Play Prove Never Piano

It accumulates over the years and I've led so many bands of my own now and forced myself into new situations... You would hope that you play better and better - until you just get too feeble to do it anymore.

Hope Myself Better You Play New

Fellini was a little lofty for a teenage boy, but certainly he was a huge influence.

Influence Boy Little He Teenage

I was raised Catholic and I went to church until I was 16. I went through a phase when I was 15 of being quite fanatically Catholic. I was going to church a lot, receiving communion, saying the Rosary, praying, all that stuff. But when I started scrutinizing it, it just fell apart so quickly.

Saying Church I Was Raised Going

I prefer the mystic clouds of nostalgia to the real thing, to be honest.

Clouds Nostalgia Real Honest Mystic

Yeah, I guess everyone's had a reasonable amount of sex in their lives, some less than others.

Sex Others Everyone Than Some Guess

I'm very grateful for the way that I feel when I play. I feel very powerful, I feel fast, I feel unstoppable, and that's because of my body.

Grateful Feel Powerful Body Play

Actors in general have become very spoiled in the roles they choose these days. When I first started in this profession - about a hundred years ago in the last century - it was all about taking risks, it was about doing the job and honing the craft.

Job Risks Doing Taking Risks Choose

I'm not opposed to doing a fashion line, but I want to make sure it's the right thing and make sure its something people actually want instead of putting out a bunch of stuff that's already been done.

People Fashion Doing Done Want Line

I always overwrite - really awful, long bits of script - and then I trim it down to the bare bones and then add a little bit to colour it in. At the end of all of my stories, I test for wordless comprehension. So I remove the text and see if it works by itself. And if it does, I feel that that's a successful story.

Story End Feel Long Down Test

'Gods of Wheat Street' has been described as an Aboriginal 'Neighbours' or 'Home and Away.' But on set, we were calling it 'Black to the Rafters.'

Home Black Street Away Wheat Been

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