John Logan Professions : PlaywrightBorn : September 24, 1961 Browse All Authors Top 33 quotes by John Logan I grew up loving monsters. I'm just a total monster geek. When I was a kid, I had the Aurora monster models, and I would make them. I loved the Universal horror movies and the Hammer movies. I just had an affinity for them. John Logan lovinglovedmovieshorror Personally speaking, growing up as a gay man before it was as socially acceptable as it is now, I knew what it was to feel different, to feel alienated and to feel not like everyone else. But the very same thing that made me monstrous to some people also empowered me and made me who I was. John Logan feelmemanpeople I love novels, but I'm not a novelist. I'm just a dramatist, which means I write lines for actors. That's all I have ever wanted to do. John Logan writejustlineslove If you look at the muscularity of something like 'Wicked' and the way it has just spawned sort of generations of young people wanting to get involved in the theatre - it's brilliant. John Logan lookyoupeopleway Working with Ridley is working with one of the great filmmakers and one of the great raconteurs. You know, it's like, a dinner with Ridley Scott or a dinner with Martin Scorsese? You just want to cut your arm off to get those. John Logan greatknowyoudinner Everything about 'Hugo' to me is poignant, from the broken orphan to the old man losing his past to the fragility of film itself. John Logan memanbrokenpast We wanted 'Hugo' to be a cornucopia of cinema, a celebration of everything we do in movies. John Logan movieseverythingcelebrationcinema I'm not interested in characters who aren't broken. I'm not interested in happy people. It just doesn't draw me as a writer. John Logan mebrokenhappypeople Theater people say you are either a comedian or a tragedian, and I'm a tragedian. And the vexing, dark characters, the ones where I don't understand their pain or their anguish, they are the characters that appeal to me. John Logan meyoupainpeople By the time I wrote 'Any Given Sunday' or 'Bats,' I sort of knew what my job was in terms of what a writer of dialogue does. John Logan jobdialoguesundaytime A second loss for Amazon would be far more damaging to the company's anti-union campaign than a loss for Amazon Labor Union would be to future organizing efforts at Amazon, it sends the message that the workers won't be alone in fighting to get a union and a contract at Amazon and makes clear that Amazon won't be able to undermine the union with impunity. John Logan Anything that reduces the need for interaction with the public and allows for greater physical distancing will ultimately better protect grocery workers, shuttering stores and repurposing them for pickup and delivery only would be a positive step. John Logan I think that's one of the major reasons chains are reluctant to do the switch. John Logan Similar Authors Alan Ayckbourn playwright Bonnie Greer playwright Annie Baker playwright August Wilson playwright August Strindberg playwright Athol Fugard playwrightAll Authors
