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"We respond to a drama to that extent to which it corresponds to our dreamlife."
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"Live television drama was like live theater, because you moved without thinking about the camera. It followed you around. In film you have to be more aware of what the camera is doing."
"And now,' said the unknown, 'farewell kindness, humanity, and gratitude! Farewell to all the feelings that expand the heart! I have been heaven's substitute to recompense the good - now the god of vengeance yields to me his power to punish the wicked!"
"Drama don't arrive by surprise; it is summoned, undisguised."
"We participate in tragedy. At comedy we only look."
"Enough,' said Mercedes, 'enough Edmond! Believe me that she who alone recognized you has been the only one to comprehend you. And had she crossed your path, and you had crushed her like a frail glass, still, Edmond, still she must have admired you! Like the gulf between me and the past, there is an abyss between you, Edmond, and the rest of mankind; and I tell you freely, that the comparison I drew between you and other men will be one of my greatest tortures. No! there is nothing in the world to resemble you in worth and goodness!"
"The other girl, Iko, cupped her chin with both hands. "This is so much better than a net drama."
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"People may or may not say what they mean... but they always say something designed to get what they want."
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"The product of the artist has become less important than the fact of the artist. We wish to absorb this person. We wish to devour someone who has experienced the tragic. In our society this person is much more important than anything he might create."
"I grew up in a tough neighborhood and we used to say you can get further with a kind word and a gun than just a kind word."
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