#Drama

"All the world's a stage and most of us are desperately unrehearsed."

"Your mother won a special reward,"she told me, "because everyone had a head in her pictures. We all applauded."

"If you look at 'The Best Man,' there's a lot of humor in that, but I never consider that movie a comedy. I felt that it was a drama with comedic elements and comedic parts to it."

"...you're either gonna spend your life fucking pussy, or taking it to church."

"It took me years to figure out that upset was upset, and tumultuousness was not the same thing as passion. Love isn't drama."

"Free yourself from the complexities and drama of your life. Simplify. Look within. Within ourselves we all have the gifts and talents we need to fulfill the purpose we've been blessed with."

"Green in nature is one thing, green in literature another. Nature and letters seem to have a natural antipathy; bring them together and they tear each other to pieces."

"Every scene should be able to answer three questions: "Who wants what from whom? What happens if they don't get it? Why now?"

"The way humor's usually used in horror, it's as a pressure-release valve; without it, the drama would escalate out of all control almost immediately."

"Encouraging young people to believe in themselves and find their own voice whether it's through writing, drama or art is so important in giving young people a sense of self-worth."

"I really hope someday in Hollywood, some producer or director will hire me only to do drama."

"How would your life be different if…You stopped making negative judgmental assumptions about people you encounter? Let today be the day…You look for the good in everyone you meet and respect their journey."

"It is suicide to be abroad. But what it is to be at home, ... what it is to be at home? A lingering dissolution."

"I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read in the train."

"If by any chance a playwright wishes to express a political opinion or a moral opinion or a philosophy, he must be a good enough craftsman to do it with so much spice of entertainment in it that the public get the message without being aware of it."

"It is essential to do everything possible to attract young people to opera so they can see that it is not some antiquated art form but a repository of the most glorious music and drama that man has created."

"I try to give all my characters a sense of humor, so I guess I feel like I have done comedy, but maybe I'm better known for drama."

"I can't go on, I'll go on."

"If she spoke, she would tell him the truth: she was not okay at all, but horribly empty, now that she knew what it was like to be filled."

"Creating a wonderful drama is an art form, while comedy is just entertainment."