Same topic Authors
Quote of the day

I think we have reached such saturation levels, the money at this point doesn't swing election.

Popular Topics
Songs, Disco, Acknowledge, Fly, Achievement, Confidence, Subject, Bear, Once Upon A Time, Teacher, House, Important, Thought, Afternoon, Identity, Hope, Beauty, Home, Philosophy, Positive, Dream, Happy, Soccer, Life, Creative, Butterfly, Secret, Night, I Miss You, Think, Music, Inspiration, Reality, Memorable, Enthusiast, Song, Excellent, Diamond, Path Of Love, Thank You, Dress, Ideas, Motor, Oceans, Girl, Ocean, Faith, Love, Value Of Life, Life Is Good
Mark Ravenhill

There is a remarkable nimbleness of style, a balancing act of tone, in Voltaire, which is hard to bring off on stage. When you speak the words out loud, the effect is very different from when you read them. So one needs to do something new with a stage performance, not simply 'tell the story'.

Stage Performance, Style, Tone, Hard, Words, Performance
Same Author Quotes

We are now so far advanced in our denial of evil that we want to rationalise it away.

Advanced, Denial, Evil, Rationalise, Want

Twenty years ago, when you bumped into someone and asked how they were, they would say, 'Mustn't grumble' or 'Getting by': now they feel obliged to say 'Just great!'. In both cases, the reply is just a social nicety, but the framework has changed, it's as if it's become a social duty to express happiness.

Duty, Express, Happiness, Social, Twenties, Years

The financial crisis happened because no-one could actually say out loud how bad things were.

Actually, Bad, Crisis, Financial, Loud, Say

It's a book that makes me laugh and think - it would be very hard to like someone who didn't enjoy Candide!

Book, Candide, Enjoy, Laughing, Thinking

Rereading Candide, I was struck by the link between optimism and the optimal, the idea that we have been placed in this optimal world rather than some other.

Candide, Idea, Ideas, Optimal, Optimism, Rereading
Similar Quotes