#tell

A message I've been telling myself: the cinema is very conservative, and unless you have a story that satisfies you, that is within the unchallenging zone, but you love it, you can't do it as cinema. Otherwise, you better go do it for television, which is more daring now. ↗

— Jane Campion

#better #cinema #conservative #daring #go

It's a luxury to be able to tell a long form story. I love novels, and I love to have a long relationship with characters. ↗

— Jane Campion

#characters #form #i #i love #long

A conversation is a dialogue, not a monologue. That's why there are so few good conversations: due to scarcity, two intelligent talkers seldom meet. ↗

— Truman Capote

#conversations #dialogue #due #few #good

If you believe your catcher is intelligent and you know that he has considerable experience, it is a good thing to leave the game almost entirely in his hands. ↗

— Bob Feller

#almost #believe #catcher #considerable #entirely

Ulysses, obviously. It was an elaborate prank, and our supposed intellectual elite continue to fall for it. ↗

— Orson Scott Card

#elaborate #elite #fall #intellectual #obviously

Tell the audience what you're going to say, say it; then tell them what you've said. ↗

— Dale Carnegie

#going #said #say #tell #them

The United States has done more for the war crimes tribunal than any other country in the world. We're turning over all the information we have, including intelligence information. ↗

— Warren Christopher

#country #crimes #done #including #information

Happiness is your dentist telling you it won't hurt and then having him catch his hand in the drill. ↗

— Johnny Carson

#dentist #drill #hand #happiness #having

Some people have said that I can 'hear' a hit song, meaning that I can tell the first time a song is played for me if it has potential. I have been able to hear some of the hits that way, but I can also 'feel' one. ↗

— Glen Campbell

#also #been #feel #first #first time

God is a metaphor for that which transcends all levels of intellectual thought. It's as simple as that. ↗

— Joseph Campbell

#god #intellectual #levels #metaphor #simple