#atmosphere

The atmosphere of orthodoxy is always damaging to prose, and above all it is completely ruinous to the novel, the most anarchical of all forms of literature. ↗

— George Orwell

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People don't come to my concerts because they know the program. They come because they love the atmosphere and because they know that when I offer them a program it will be a night they never forget. ↗

— Andre Rieu

#because #come #concerts #forget #i

A photographer must be prepared to catch and hold on to those elements which give distinction to the subject or lend it atmosphere. ↗

— Bill Brandt

#be prepared #catch #distinction #elements #give

I love actors, both my parents were actors, and the work with actors is the most enjoyable part of making a film. It's important that they feel protected and are confident they won't be betrayed. When you create that atmosphere of trust, it's in the bag - the actors will do everything to satisfy you. ↗

— Michael Haneke

#bag #betrayed #both #confident #create

My studio is designed for atmosphere. I have a really cozy, comfortable room that has a great, huge glass door that views my backyard. ↗

— Geddy Lee

#backyard #comfortable #cozy #designed #door

I don't begin a novel or a screenplay until I know the ending. And I don't mean only that I have to know what happens. I mean that I have to hear the actual sentences. I have to know what atmosphere the words convey. ↗

— John Irving

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The slave girl is reared in an atmosphere of licentiousness and fear. ↗

— Harriet Ann Jacobs

#fear #girl #licentiousness #reared #slave

The vote, cast in a free atmosphere and with all inclinations and parties at present, was after all a vote to the Islamic Republic, to national independence, to the Constitution and to the Islamic causes. ↗

— Ayatollah Khamenei

#atmosphere #cast #causes #constitution #free

Film is a much lonelier process than theatre. You really don't have any rehearsal time in film. You don't shape it together... with theatre, there is a complete kind of family atmosphere. The sociable side of this business is the theatrical side, it really isn't the film side. ↗

— Keira Knightley

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After you've read a novel, you only retain a vague memory of its contents. You remember the atmosphere, the odd image or phrase or vivid cameo. ↗

— Arthur Smith

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