#ms

Books and all forms of writing are terror to those who wish to suppress the truth. ↗

— Wole Soyinka

#forms #suppress #terror #those #truth

But theater, because of its nature, both text, images, multimedia effects, has a wider base of communication with an audience. That's why I call it the most social of the various art forms. ↗

— Wole Soyinka

#art forms #audience #base #because #both

See, even despite pious statements to the contrary, much of the industrialized world has not yet come to terms with the recognition of the fallacy of what I call the strong man syndrome. ↗

— Wole Soyinka

#come #contrary #despite #even #fallacy

Secondarily, I think films that are driven by music also terrify studios. ↗

— Kevin Spacey

#driven #films #i #i think #music

I lost interest in firearms because we had a dog that was scared to death of the sound of a rifle shot. ↗

— James Spader

#death #dog #firearms #had #i

I think that Barack Obama faces a level of divisiveness, and I don't mean on a national level in terms of the North and the South and the Civil War; I really mean just politically. ↗

— James Spader

#barack obama #civil #civil war #divisiveness #faces

I'm not eager at all to present my life out there for public consumption. I like to do one or two films a year and then do what is absolutely obligatory in terms of promoting them. My life outside of films is vital to me. ↗

— James Spader

#consumption #eager #films #i #life

Love is the one emotion actors allow themselves to believe. ↗

— James Spader

#believe #emotion #love #love is #themselves

'Cold Case Files' and similar shows do bang up business, which points to a certain thirst for details in the viewership, but it seems like all the news chat shows continue to force the myth that Americans can't stand detail and have no interest in an idea that can't fit on a bumper sticker. ↗

— Hal Sparks

#bumper #bumper sticker #business #case #certain

Most 'reality' shows aren't reality at all. They're game shows with no prize. Like 'Rock of Love.' His aren't genuine feelings. Then again, Bob Barker didn't really care whether or not you won the toaster. Sorry to shatter everyone's dreams. ↗

— Hal Sparks

#barker #bob #care #dreams #everyone