Greatest Jewish Playwrights Quotes & Sayings

When I was growing up and somebody like Robert De Niro had a movie come out, it was a cultural event. Because he had such a confidence and a single mission that was so intimate. — Sean Penn

Once you become successful, people know where you live, the type of house you live in, the kind of car you drive, the clothes you wear, and so it would be patronising to go and talk like a welder. Welding's a mystery to me now. You can't go back, your life changes every day. — Billy Connolly

I learned at a young age to dribble with both hands, and that allows me to be more creative when I go against bigger and stronger opponents. — Steve Nash

You either entertain an audience or you don't. — Twyla Tharp

People are much more likely to trust a leader if they know he is compassionate and forgiving of mistakes. — Donald T. Phillips

Whenever you do something that is in a continuous take, and something that we're not used to doing, because it was all in the details of if you don't make one move seem natural, it can give away all of it. — Steve Buscemi

The history of the women's movement in America follows a consciousness-amnesia cycle. — Carol Tavris

[O]ur greatest contributions to the cause of freedom and development overseas is not what we do over there, but what we do right here at home. — Frances Moore Lappe

And just as I was climbing into that first-class seat, and wrapping myself in a blanket, just as I was adjusting my pillow behind my head, and having a sip of that champagne, and just as I was bringing down and adjusting my Thai purple sleep mask, I had an inkling. I had a flash. I suddenly thought I knew what it was that had killed Marilyn Monroe. — Spalding Gray

Adrenaline is wonderful. It covers pain. It covers dementia. It covers everything. — Jerry Lewis

By writing a horror novel where this inexplicable disorder takes over in our ordered lives, you make order look better by comparison. But below that, there's a part of us that responds to the Who bashing their instruments to pieces on the stage. There's a very primitive part that says, "Do it some more." — Stephen King

I think we often hold heroines to an absurd standard. Be brave! Be wise! Always know what's in your heart and speak the truth of it! No and no and no. We fight to be brave. We learn to be wise. We struggle to know ourselves and voice what we want. — Leigh Bardugo