#story

I lived through a classic publishing story. My editor was fired a month before the book came out. The editor who took it over already had a full plate. It was never advertised. We didn't get reviewed in any major outlets. ↗

— Anita Diament

#already #any #before #book #came

Shakespeare in Love... such smart writing of an alternative view of history, and such beautiful acting. Like most Americans, I'm a sucker for the accent. ↗

— Anita Diament

#acting #alternative #beautiful #history #i

Obviously, for me, story is first and foremost, even in the face of the attractive idea of having all the cast there, or having a great piece of talent come to it. ↗

— Vin Diesel

#cast #come #even #face #first

Jazz in itself is not struggling. That is, the music itself is not struggling... It's the attitude that's in trouble. My plays insist that we should not forget or toss away our history. ↗

— August Wilson

#away #forget #history #insist #itself

I guess I feel very strongly that I disagree with the notion of personalizing history and movements and big events. ↗

— Bernadine Dohrn

#disagree #events #feel #guess #history

I just feel that I don't agree with sensationalized versions of history or me. Any version that's sensationalized. ↗

— Bernadine Dohrn

#any #feel #history #i #just

I come from a family of great readers and storytellers. ↗

— Katherine Dunn

#family #great #i #readers #storytellers

As an actor, you have to have your history. ↗

— Nora Dunn

#history #you #your

Just telling a story. That's cinema. It's not silent, black and white. It's a simple story that's well made. ↗

— Jean Dujardin

#black and white #cinema #just #made #silent

One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and always a clever thing to say. ↗

— Will Durant

#always #clever #good #good thing #history