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David Hare Quotes

Insofar as I’m good at directing, it’s because I’ve become a writer Picture Quote #1

The poetry from the eighteenth century was prose; the prose from the seventeenth century was poetry Picture Quote #1

Sudden resolutions, like the sudden rise of mercury in a barometer, indicate little else than the variability of the weather Picture Quote #1

Weak minds sink under prosperity as well as adversity; but strong and deep ones have two high tides Picture Quote #1

The most important playwright’s gift is to hit your time and speak to your time Picture Quote #1

... it is true that language and forward movement in the cinema are jolly hard to reconcile. It’s a very, very, difficult thing to do... There is still a place in the cinema for movies that are driven by the human face, and not by explosions and cars and guns and action sequences... there’s such a thing as action and speed within thought rather than within a ceaseless milkshake of images Picture Quote #1

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As you write plays, you discover what you believe. And until you know what you believe, you can’t write a play Picture Quote #1

Style is the art of getting yourself out of the way, not putting yourself in it Picture Quote #1

I fell into writing plays by accident. But the reason I write plays is that it’s the only thing I’m any good at Picture Quote #1

I’m trying to write something in which you know that it’s all about sex but you never see any Picture Quote #1

I don’t think of my plays as steamy places where people display huge amounts of emotions. The feeling is underneath, which in my experience is where most feeling is. I don’t myself spend my life shouting in rooms, and I don’t really believe things in which people do spend their time in total hysteria Picture Quote #1

Trying to be a socialist and a libertarian is obviously a very difficult balancing act, which nobody has pulled off too successfully in this century Picture Quote #1

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What politicians want and what creative writers want will always be profoundly different, because I’m afraid all politicians, of whatever hue, want propaganda, and writers want the truth, and they’re not compatible Picture Quote #1

For a politician, the mans to power is paramount, and the ideology, in a way, can look after itself; I’m afraid a writer can’t think like that. A writer has to think that it’s more important to be right than to be popular Picture Quote #1

I’m vey bad at marshaling arguments. I can’t, at a dinner party, explain why I’m a socialist and why others should be socialists as well Picture Quote #1

I have a very, very good relationship with 10 percent of the audience. The only purpose of art is intimacy. That’s the only point Picture Quote #1

The majority don’t like me before the curtain goes up, and I always have to win them Picture Quote #1

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Insofar as I’m good at directing, it’s because I’ve become a writer (David Hare Quotes) The poetry from the eighteenth century was prose; the prose from the seventeenth century was poetry (David Hare Quotes) Sudden resolutions, like the sudden rise of mercury in a barometer, indicate little else than the variability of the weather (David Hare Quotes) Weak minds sink under prosperity as well as adversity; but strong and deep ones have two high tides (David Hare Quotes) The most important playwright’s gift is to hit your time and speak to your time (David Hare Quotes) ... it is true that language and forward movement in the cinema are jolly hard to reconcile. It’s a very, very, difficult thing to do... There is still a place in the cinema for movies that are driven by the human face, and not by explosions and cars and guns and action sequences... there’s such a thing as action and speed within thought rather than within a ceaseless milkshake of images (David Hare Quotes) As you write plays, you discover what you believe. And until you know what you believe, you can’t write a play (David Hare Quotes) Style is the art of getting yourself out of the way, not putting yourself in it (David Hare Quotes) I fell into writing plays by accident. But the reason I write plays is that it’s the only thing I’m any good at (David Hare Quotes) I’m trying to write something in which you know that it’s all about sex but you never see any (David Hare Quotes) I don’t think of my plays as steamy places where people display huge amounts of emotions. The feeling is underneath, which in my experience is where most feeling is. I don’t myself spend my life shouting in rooms, and I don’t really believe things in which people do spend their time in total hysteria (David Hare Quotes) Trying to be a socialist and a libertarian is obviously a very difficult balancing act, which nobody has pulled off too successfully in this century (David Hare Quotes) What politicians want and what creative writers want will always be profoundly different, because I’m afraid all politicians, of whatever hue, want propaganda, and writers want the truth, and they’re not compatible (David Hare Quotes) For a politician, the mans to power is paramount, and the ideology, in a way, can look after itself; I’m afraid a writer can’t think like that. A writer has to think that it’s more important to be right than to be popular (David Hare Quotes) I’m vey bad at marshaling arguments. I can’t, at a dinner party, explain why I’m a socialist and why others should be socialists as well (David Hare Quotes) I have a very, very good relationship with 10 percent of the audience. The only purpose of art is intimacy. That’s the only point (David Hare Quotes) The majority don’t like me before the curtain goes up, and I always have to win them (David Hare Quotes)

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