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Letter "A" » August Wilson Quotes
«Between speeches and awards, you can find something to do every other week. It's hard to write. Your focus gets splintered. Once you put one thing in your calendar, that month is gone.»
Author: August Wilson
(Writer)
«The way I see it, the stage tells the story for the ear, and the screen for the eye... On stage, you can't really control where the viewer's eye goes; there's a whole stage picture there, and the viewer can be looking anywhere. But with the camera, if you want the viewer to look at something in particular, you can put their eye there.»
Author: August Wilson
(Writer)
«You look up one day and you hate the whiskey, and you hate the women, and you hate the piano. But that's all you got. You can't do nothing else. All you know how to do is play that piano. Now, who am I? Am I me? Or am I the piano player?»
Author: August Wilson
(Writer)
«I need a woman that fits in my hand.»
Author: August Wilson
(Writer)
«I found out life's hard but it ain't impossible.»
Author: August Wilson
(Writer)
«Walk in there. Tip my hat. Lay my money down on the table. Get my deed and walk on out. This time I get to keep all the cotton. Hire me some men to work it for me. Gin my cotton. Get my seed.»
Author: August Wilson
(Writer)
«I'm standing! I'm standing! My legs stood up!»
Author: August Wilson
(Writer)
«It's not like poker: You can't throw your hand in. I've lived a blessed life. I'm ready.»
Author: August Wilson
(Writer)
«I've lived a blessed life. I'm ready.»
Author: August Wilson
(Writer)
«I don't have a musical background. But I do enjoy all kinds of music. It's an expression of the human spirit that illuminates our humanity.»
Author: August Wilson
(Writer)
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