David Hare Professions : Playwright Born : June 5, 1947 Browse All Authors Top 61 quotes by David Hare Sudden resolutions, like the sudden rise of mercury in a barometer, indicate little else than the variability of the weather. David Hare change littles weather Never take advice from anyone with no investment in the outcome. David Hare investment outcomes advice The theatre is the best way of showing the gap between what is said and what is seen to be done, and that is why, ragged and gap-toothed as it is, it has still a far healthier potential than some poorer, abandoned arts. David Hare theatre done art Weak minds sink under prosperity as well as adversity; but strong and deep ones have two high tides. David Hare adversity strong two No one but a fool is always right. David Hare fool Style is the art of getting yourself out of the way, not putting yourself in it. David Hare style writing art Smiles are the language of love. David Hare smile language love Thought is the wind and knowledge the sail. David Hare sail sailing wind 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 hue different creative My father always said 'There's no free lunch.' My father was right. There's no free lunch and there's no free market. The market is rigged, the market is always rigged, and the rigging is in favour of the people who run the market. That's what the market is. It's a bent casino. The house always wins. David Hare winning running father When you get older, then you feel death not at the end of the road, but death all around you, in everything. Life is saturated with death. I feel death everywhere. David Hare end-of-the-road ends life-is The most important playwright's gift is to hit your time and speak to your time. David Hare crafts important speak You cant get a contemporary story about what is going on inside government, and how society sees itself, on American TV. David Hare tvs government stories 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 libertarian century trying 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 important looks thinking I believe love opens people up. David Hare i-believe believe people I actually think love changes everything. I think it's the only thing worth having. David Hare thinking The poetry from the eighteenth century was prose; the prose from the seventeenth century was poetry. David Hare prose century poetry The future of American film lies on television. David Hare film lying television If you kill a character people feel sad. That's too easy. David Hare easy character people Similar Authors Alan Ayckbourn playwright Bonnie Greer playwright Annie Baker playwright August Wilson playwright August Strindberg playwright Athol Fugard playwright All Authors
