Quotes by Theatre Directors - Page 2

To live is - to war with trolls In the holds of the heart and mind
Henrik Ibsen
People so easily forget their past selves.
Henrik Ibsen
A thousand words will not leave so deep an impression as one deed.
Henrik Ibsen
I am afraid, Torvald, I do not exactly know what religion is. ... When I am away from all this, and am alone, I will look into that matter too. I will see if what the clergyman said is true, or at all events if it is true for me.
Henrik Ibsen
Please don't entertain for a moment the utterly mistaken idea that there is no drudgery in writing. There is a great deal of drudgery in even the most inspired, the most noble, the most distinguished writing. Read what the great ones have said about their jobs; how they never sit down to their work without a sigh of distress and never get up from it witout a sigh of relief. Do you imagine that your Muse is forever flamelike -- breathing the inspired word, the wonderful situation, the superb solution into your attentive ear? ... Believe me, my poor boy, if you wait for inspiration in our set-up, you'll wait for ever.
Ngaio Marsh
Why do you want to become an author? I will accept only one answer. If it is because you feel you can write better than you can do anything else then go ahead and do it without frills and flourishes. Stick to your present job and write in your spare time: but do it as if it is a whole time job.
Ngaio Marsh
You must be able to write. You must have a sense of form, of pattern, of design. You must have a respect for and a mastery over words.
Ngaio Marsh
Above all things -- read. Read the great stylists who cannot be copied rather than the successful writers who must not be copied.
Ngaio Marsh
We do not wait for inspiration. We work because we've jolly well got to. But when all is said and done, we toil at this particular job because it's turned out to be our particular job, and in a weird sort of way I suppose we may be said to like it.
Ngaio Marsh
It is the very mark of the spirit of rebellion to crave for happiness in this life
Henrik Ibsen
I am in revolt against the age-old lie that the majority is always right.
Henrik Ibsen
A thousand words leave not the same deep impression as does a single deed.
Henrik Ibsen
Love art in yourself, and not yourself in art.
Konstantin Stanislavski
To live is to war with trolls.
Henrik Ibsen
You see, there are some people that one loves, and others that perhaps one would rather be with.
Henrik Ibsen