Jane Austen is at the end of the line that begins with Samuel Richardson, which takes wonder and magic out of the novel, treats not the past but the present.
There is no line of demarcation between the amateurs and the pros; everyone is using the same tactics and playing in the same arenas. The only thing that separates them is radio, but the artist doesn't control who goes to radio and who doesn't.
In writing a little tragedy, 'The Gaol Gate,' I made the scenario in three lines, 'He is an informer; he is dead; he is hanged.' I wrote that play very quickly.
We Negro writers, just by being black, have been on the blacklist all our lives. Censorship for us begins at the color line.
When little old ladies recognize a guy who was Mr. Olympia, that's saying something. That means I've been able to cross lines as far as marketability is concerned.
Poetry is the language of the soul; Poetic Prose, the language of my heart. Each line must flow as in a song, and strike a chord that rings forever. To me, words are music!
I had this job at Hollywood Video, and during my worst audition ever, I forgot all of my lines in front of Chuck Lorre at the callback for the 'Mike and Molly' pilot.
Today, the notion of progress in a single line without goal or limit seems perhaps the most parochial notion of a very parochial century.
Everything has a finsh line. You just have to keep moving forward until you cross it.
Those are my favorite kind of parts to do, just being a goofball and seeing how far you can go with something until you're just way out of line.
The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses - behind the lines, in the gym, and out there on the road, long before I dance under those lights.
The bottom line is I'm a slow zombie guy - I'm always a slow zombie guy but I also know I'm in the minority.
I'm unable to do the thing that Broadway actors do in plays, sometimes for years. The same exact blocking, the same exact lines. I'm a little bit uncomfortable with that. Every night I'm looking for ways to try something else.
What’s interesting about the relationship between gay men and women is there can be a lot of affection, but there’s a line that you don’t cross.
People who don't vote have no line of credit with people who are elected and thus pose no threat to those who act against our interests.
There are still things technically about films that I think are a mystery to me and I want to remain a mystery. I don't particularly want to know what everyone's job is because I've got lines to learn.
If you criticize what you’re doing too early you’ll never write the first line.” [ , interview with Jodi Daynard, No. 113, Winter II 1989]
I'm still trying to figure out what the right line is between myself and the people I play. Sometimes I go too far one way or too far the other.
I've got two girls, and they both make beautiful drawings. One of them really has a gift for the way that she colors around certain lines.
Oftentimes, what seems to be a street lunatic charging at me spouting gibberish turns out to be a devoted 'Simpsons' fan quoting their favorite line.
Whenever you're reporting, there's always something you can't say or write, but the questions, you always want to get as close to that line as possible. You want to ask the tough questions.
