#Drama

"Sometimes I find I'm wearing a divided, split brain in terms of drama and humor."

"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."

"I just wanted to tell you that I understand if you go. It’s okay if you have to leave us. It’s okay if you want to stop fighting."

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

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

"In a way, a lot of my humor comes from presenting things that are dramatic or shocking and then people not having socially appropriate responses, having people denying the drama by failing to react to it, and that's a really classic form of humor."

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

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

"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."

"Some people insist on inviting me to their drama buffet... No thanks! My soul hungers for nourishment and growth; it doesn't lust for poison and depletion."

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

"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 need drama in my life to keep making music."

"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."

"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."

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

"The battle you are going through is not fueled by the words or actions of others; it is fueled by the mind that gives it importance."

"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."

"'Hill Street,' because of the wacky nature of many of our characters, really allowed us to indulge a kind of cheek-to-jowl juxtaposition of high drama with very low humor."