Action Involving Actual

Famous quotes containing the words action, involving and/or actual:

    A dramatist is one who believes that the pure event, an action involving human beings, is more arresting than any comment that can be made upon it.
    Thornton Wilder (1897–1975)

    Literature is a defense against the attacks of life. It says to life: “You can’t deceive me. I know your habits, foresee and enjoy watching all your reactions, and steal your secret by involving you in cunning obstructions that halt your normal flow.”
    Cesare Pavese (1908–1950)

    It is impossible to think of a man of any actual force and originality, universally recognized as having those qualities, who spent his whole life appraising and describing the work of other men.
    —H.L. (Henry Lewis)