#tell

Anyone of my generation who tells you he hasn't 'done Brando' is lying. ↗

— James Caan

#brando #done #generation #hasn #lying

I never wanted to do biography just to tell the life of a famous man. I always wanted to use the life of a man to examine political power, because democracy shapes our lives. ↗

— Robert Caro

#because #biography #democracy #examine #famous

The Secret Intelligence Service I knew occupied dusky suites of little rooms opposite St James's Park Tube station in London. ↗

— John le Carre

#intelligence #james #knew #little #london

You want people to feel something when you tell a story, whether they feel happy or whether they feel sad. ↗

— Harry Dean Stanton

#happy #people #sad #something #story

Stupidity is infinitely more fascinating that intelligence. Intelligence has its limits while stupidity has none. ↗

— Claude Chabrol

#infinitely #intelligence #limits #more #none

I think dissonance in music makes you think. It isn't, 'Oh, that's a pretty melody I can whistle.' You have to sit down and listen to tell it apart from other things. ↗

— Eugene Chadbourne

#down #i #i can #i think #listen

I'm more interested in seeing what the material tells me than in imposing my will on it. ↗

— John Chamberlain

#imposing #interested #material #me #more

A magazine or a newspaper is a shop. Each is an experiment and represents a new focus, a new ratio between commerce and intellect. ↗

— John Jay Chapman

#commerce #each #experiment #focus #intellect

Fable is more historical than fact, because fact tells us about one man and fable tells us about a million men. ↗

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

#because #fable #fact #historical #man

Reason and justice tell me there's more love for humanity in electricity and steam than in chastity and vegetarianism. ↗

— Anton Chekhov

#electricity #humanity #justice #love #me