#experience

I wouldn't go up on a stage now if you paid a thousand dollars for one minute of acting. It's a nasty experience. You're up there all by yourself. You're so damn exposed. ↗

— Elia Kazan

#damn #dollars #experience #exposed #go

Being a late bloomer, I really didn't have any interest in children until my late 30s, but I'm so happy I didn't go through life without that experience. ↗

— Stacy Keach

#being #bloomer #children #experience #go

The whole book experience was a look into another world, the world of Gore Vidal and Norman Mailer. ↗

— Jerry Kramer

#book #experience #gore #into #look

Civilization never stands still; if in one country it is falling back, in another it is changing, evolving, becoming more complicated, bringing fresh experience to body and mind, breeding new desires, and exploiting Nature's cupboard for their satisfaction. ↗

— Arthur Keith

#back #becoming #body #breeding #bringing

I hope the cooks who are working for me now are getting that kind of experience so they can use what they're learning now as a foundation for a great career. ↗

— Thomas Keller

#cooks #experience #foundation #getting #great

But I think there are a set of experiences that turn a potential writer into a working writer, and then there are places in your life were you start to recognize what you want to do. ↗

— Stephen King

#i #i think #into #life #places

I think the most interesting parts of human experience might be the sparks that come from that sort of chipping flint of cultures rubbing against each other. And living on the border between Mexico and the U.S. for so many years gave me a lot of insight into that. ↗

— Barbara Kingsolver

#between #border #chipping #come #cultures

Sometimes when we weep in the movies we weep for ourselves or for a life unlived. Or we even go to the movies because we want to resist the emotion that's there in front of us. I think there is always a catharsis that I look for and that makes the movie experience worthwhile. ↗

— Edward Zwick

#because #catharsis #emotion #even #experience

When you finish a poem, it clicks shut like the top of a jewel box, but prose is endless. I haven't experienced an awful lot of clicking shut! ↗

— Kenneth Koch

#box #clicking #clicks #endless #experienced

Let's say black, the whole black religious experience, here, is very impressive to me, because when I first arrived I realized that people carry their faith with so much pride. ↗

— Boris Kodjoe

#because #black #carry #experience #faith