Henry James proposed asking of art three modest and appropriate questions: What is the artist trying to do? Does he do it? Was it worth doing?
Because this business of becoming conscious, of being a writer, is ultimately about asking yourself, How alive am I willing to be?
The thing about good acting is asking, how much are you going to reveal and when should you let the viewers' imagination take over?
"Stop asking "What should I do now?" That question only brings up what others expect of you. Free people don't have shoulds. They have choices."
I know that if a film is ready to emerge out of what I write, I'll be able to go off and make it without asking anyone's permission.
I get a lot of letters from introverts asking how they can meet people. The key is to make sure that you are doing things you enjoy.
We live in a time of fear," Skulduggery said, "where we're too scared of upsetting the status quo to ask the questions we need to be asking.
We need to expand Social Security to prevent the looming retirement crisis, and we can do it simply by asking billionaires to pay their fair share.
Fans always write asking why I didn't smile more in films. I smiled in `Annie Laurie`, but I can't recall that it helped much.
Few people asking about my post Westlife plans!? I'll be making a solo album of course! The process has already started actually ;)
I am excited for Chelsea's future. Our owner is a big fan of women's football and he's always asking me what he can do to help.
Truly smart technologies will remind us that we are not mere automatons who assist big data in asking and answering questions.
If people are going to be made worse off, the government should at least let them know. I don't think that's asking too much.
Asking Saudi Arabia and Iran to work together, when they can't stand each other and are engaged in a proxy battle right at this moment.
In some way they are all self-portraits, but I think I know what you mean by asking this - I would say, it is too idealistic to paint yourself.
In the future, I'd like to continue being honest with myself and admit when I'd be better off asking someone else to illustrate my writing.
He walked out into the cold morning asking himself this heretical question: Can you start measuring a minute at any instant you wish?
The best results I have had in my life; the most enjoyable times, have all come from asking the simple question: 'What is the worst that could happen?'
If you are asking whether states and state actors can only respond through revenge, then you are suggesting that diplomatic solutions are hopeless.
I couldnt imagine something asking as much of me as House Of Cards. Its a great warm-up for coming back to the screen.
Children are naive-they trust everyone. School is bad enough, but, if you put a child anywhere in the vicinity of a church, you're asking for trouble.
To ask for a purely intellectual proof of the existence of God is like asking for the privilege of being able to see with your ears!
The single clenched fist lifted and ready, Or the open asking hand held out and waiting. Choose: For we meet by one or the other.
I asked people who have already finished books for advice, which is akin to asking a mother with a four-year-old what childbirth is like.
If you want to decide the question of migration without asking your citizens against the will of the people, you are fighting a losing battle.
That's a bit like asking a man crawling across the Sahara whether he would prefer Perrier or Malvern water.
There's no great mystery to acting. It's a very simple thing to do but you have to work hard at it. It's about asking questions and using your imagination.
I know a lot of people who are depressed, and they walk around, and they're smiling every day, but no one's asking them how they're really doing.
California's economy is declining so rapidly that candidates are asking 'Are you better off now then you were four minutes ago?'
I've given up asking questions. l merely float on a tsunami of acceptance of anything life throws at me ... and marvel stupidly.
When we ask for heaven, we are asking for stasis. A form of comfort that will last for eternity. Yes, that is what we all want, the way we understand happiness.
We must give Trump credit for asking many politically incorrect questions and challenging mainstream Republican dogma on immigration.
The problem is, of course, that these interest groups are all asking for changes, but their enthusiasm for change rapidly disappears when it affects the core of their own interests.
I call on people to be 'obsessed citizens,' forever questioning and asking for accountability. That's the only chance we have today of a healthy and happy life.
We humans have always looked to the sky as a sounding board for asking big questions about ourselves: Who are we? Where did we come from? Where are we going?
It is worth asking if advertisements are ever an effective counter against negative publicity. International experience shows that it depends on the issue.
There is nothing so small but that we may honor God by asking His guidance of it, or insult Him by taking it into our own hands.
Modern neuroimaging is like asking an astronaut in the space shuttle to look out the window and judge how America is doing.
I don't need to be asking for money for local museums and other projects just to make me look good back home.
But since you're asking me, I'll tell you my opinion: all cornbread is authentic, as long as it's good, hot, and made with love and fresh ingredients.
I thought it was interesting when [Bill Clinton] said, I married my best friend, because people are always asking, what is the nature of their marriage.
I learn so much from writing with other musicians, asking questions about their playing style and gear, and hanging out, too.
I'd seen too many shrines in South Central and thought it was worth asking where the first bullet came from that started all this violence.
Before and during the first phase of the war his administration repeatedly maligned the UN but now, that Iraq has turned into a quagmire, it is asking the UN for help.
Being a male capable of grunting, sweating, and not asking for directions, but not yet having conqured a women...in our culture, that wasn't manhood, that was dorksville!
It's not about asking for the raise but knowing and having faith that the system will actually give you the right raises as you go along.
We do not ask Israeli Arabs to share in the Zionist dream. We are asking them to accept that Israel is a Jewish state - the only one in the world.
I’m going to carry you now,” he told her, “so we can move even faster. I’m not asking you, I’m telling you. Any response from you is unnecessary and unwelcome.
It was a wrong number that started it, the telephone ringing three times in the dead of night, and the voice on the other end asking for someone he was not.
Asking for people's help - rather than directing it - is almost always the smart way of doing things, regardless of the stakes.
That's like asking you to pick your favorite child... I do however, think Bird on a Wire was one of my finest works. Oscar caliber.
The teams that you come across, they are not physically super-human, they are just very good. So it is asking what do we about that. How do we take on the challenge?
I think the hardest part to get to is that point of asking for help or reaching out to other people and being honest with yourself.
What the Lord wants is that you shall go about the business to which He sets you, not asking for an easy post, nor grumbling at a hard one.
Our government is asking people to continue fighting wars for us but we don't always treat them as well as we do when they're active duty.
We're living in an era where the audience are welcoming content-driven stories, and not just asking to see actresses as glam props.
You know a little drink now and then never hurt nobody, but when you can't git started without asking the bottle, you in trouble.
Putting an end to usurious rates is not going to be as simple as asking banks to lay down internal guidelines, policies and procedures.
My fans kept asking where they could get clothes like Destiny's Child's, so it was only natural for us to do a clothing line.
Fine! I'll throw on some clothes. Turn around. I'm in my pj's" "I'm a guy. That's like asking a kid not to glance at the candy counter.
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