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Quotes About Drama

It's such a thrilling part about being in a relationship at a young age, and all your feelings are apocalyptic, all your emotions are so huge.
~ Marc Webb
I got amazing training both with Theatre Sports... back in Edmonton, Alberta - I can't give those people enough credit - and the daytime drama I did. Incredible training, both of them.
~ Nathan Fillion
Leo flounced off through the doors.
~ Whitley Strieber
Magdalen drew further and further back. A twig from a tree near caught her cloak; she turned petulantly, broke it off, and threw it on the ground. What right have you to question me? she broke out on a sudden. Whether I like Frank, or whether I don't, what interest is it of yours? As she said the words, she abruptly stepped forward to pass her sister and return to the house.
~ Wilkie Collins
Collins wrote a dramatic version of The Woman in White that made its London debut at the Olympic Theatre on October 9, 1871. It ran on Broadway for three weeks in 1873.
~ Wilkie Collins
It did not seem to Plato any insult to philosophy that it should be transformed into literature, realized as drama, and beautified with style; nor any derogation to its dignity that it should apply itself, even intelligibly, to living problems of morality and the state.
~ Will Durant
Argos the greatest tragedy in Greek legend was
~ Will Durant
Without Puccini, there is no opera; without opera, the world is an even drearier place than the evening news would have us think.
~ William Berger
me in. A thickset man, 40s, swarthy, unshaven, in a loose v-neck t-shirt and carefully distressed and torn jeans came round from behind a desk piled high with scripts and shook my hand.
~ William Boyd
What the American public wants in the theater is a tragedy with a happy ending.
~ William Dean Howells
Nobody wants to read about happy people.
~ William Dietrich
The orchestra had ceased and were now climbing onto their chairs, with their instruments. The floral offerings flew; the coffin teetered. Catch it! a voice shouted. They sprang forward, but the coffin crashed heavily to the floor, coming open. The corpse tumbled slowly and sedately out and came to rest with its face in the center of a wreath. Play something! the proprietor bawled, waving his arms; play! Play!
~ William Faulkner
Like a long sighing of wind in trees it begins, then they sweep into sight, borne now upon a cloud of phantom dust. They rush past, forwardleaning in the saddles, with brandished arms, beneath whipping ribbons from slanted and eager lances; with tumult and soundless yelling they sweep past like a tide whose crest is jagged with the wild heads of horses and the brandished arms of men like the crater of the world in explosion.
~ William Faulkner
Listen: it's got to be all honeymoon, always. Either heaven, or hell: no comfortable safe peaceful purgatory between for you and me to wait in until good behavior or forbearance or shame or repentance overtakes us.
~ William Faulkner
Her mother was my wife, the Count roared, loudest of all. You pathetic excuse for am money-grubbing fool, you disgrace to the face of the world. And with a shriek of disgust he turned and was gone. Guilietta was beside Inigo then, so excited. Daddy likes you, she said.
~ William Goldman
Back, Witch— I'm not a witch, I'm your wife—
~ William Goldman
The light was going: some cloud cover arriving, as if summoned by drama.
~ China Mieville
In the West, audiences think I am a stereotyped action star, or that I always play hitmen or killers. But in Hong Kong, I did a lot of comedy, many dramatic films, and most of all, romantic roles, lots of love stories. I was like a romance novel hero.
~ Chow Yun-Fat
D'Artagnan leapt out of his chair. One hand went to the hilt of his sword, the other to his hip. "You dare to insult moi?" "No," said Billy. "Sorry." "You must forgive D'Artagnan," said Athos. "He takes every smile for an insult.
~ Chris Grabenstein
He decided to try television, but it was all sex and zombies, serial killers and sad cops. The comedies weren't funny.
~ Chris Offutt
It's interesting - I always thought when I was doing more melodramatic stuff like 'Everwood' that the directors were constantly reeling me in and stopping me from being funny.
~ Chris Pratt
Movies have takes. But plays are like life - you don't really get takes.
~ Chris Rock
If you didn't cry in season four's episode 'The Constant,' something is wrong with you; you were either distracted or, worse, it is possible you have no soul.
~ Chris Seay
What..." Bell whispered. "What happened?" Walter came forward and peered around them. "My God." He winced and turned his head.
~ Christa Faust