“When I stop working the rest of the day is posthumous. I'm only really alive when I'm writing.”
Tennessee Williams (1911–1983) American playwright
“I'm a classic example of all humorists — only funny when I'm working.”
As quoted in I Am Your Father : What Every Heart Needs to Know (2010) by Mark Stibbe
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British film actor, comedian and singer 1925–1980Related quotes
“There's no trick to being a humorist when you have the whole government working for you.”
Will Rogers (1879–1935) American humorist and entertainer
As quoted in Peter's Quotations : Ideas for Our Time (1979) by Laurence J. Peter, p. 524
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Dane Clark (1912–1998) American film actor
New York Times, Dane Clark, Actor, 85, Dies; Starred in World War II Films, September 16, 1998
Joss Whedon (1964) American director, writer, and producer for television and film
They could maybe light it too. <br class="br"> "This explains Joss perfectly." at Whedonesque.com (15 February 2006) http://whedonesque.com/comments/9548
Harry Connick, Jr. (1967) American singer, conductor, pianist, actor, and composer
The Costco Connection magazine interview, February 2007 http://www.costcoconnection.com/connection/200702/?pg=30
Jerome David Salinger (1919–2010) American writer
Statements to New York Times reporter Lacey Fosburgh, as quoted in Salinger : A Biography (2000) by Paul Alexander; also in If You Really Want to Hear About It : Writers on J.D. Salinger and His Work (2006) by Catherine Crawford.
Context: There is a marvelous peace in not publishing. … It's peaceful. Still. Publishing is a terrible invasion of my privacy. I like to write. I live to write. But I write just for myself and my own pleasure. … I don't necessarily intend to publish posthumously, but I do like to write for myself. … I pay for this kind of attitude. I'm known as a strange, aloof kind of man. But all I'm doing is trying to protect myself and my work.
Anne Hathaway (1982) American actress
Source: As quoted in "Anne Hathaway : I'm Not a Saint" in People magazine (20 February 2007) http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20012312,00.html
Clare Fischer (1928–2012) American keyboardist, composer, arranger, and bandleader
As quoted in "He Arranges, Composes, Performs: Fischer, A Renaissance Man Of Music" http://articles.latimes.com/1987-05-14/entertainment/ca-8949_1_clare-fischer
John Kenneth Galbraith (1908–2006) American economist and diplomat
Booknotes interview (1994)
Context: I react to what is necessary. I would like to eschew any formula. There are some things where the government is absolutely inevitable, which we cannot get along without comprehensive state action. But there are many things — producing consumer goods, producing a wide range of entertainment, producing a wide level of cultural activity — where the market system, which independent activity is also important, so I react pragmatically. Where the market works, I'm for that. Where the government is necessary, I'm for that. I'm deeply suspicious of somebody who says, "I'm in favor of privatization," or, "I'm deeply in favor of public ownership." I'm in favor of whatever works in the particular case.