“The beauty of acting is that you have to be there in that moment. And when you’re in that moment, it’s an amazing thing because we’re not in the moment in real life, but when you are on that set, on that stage, and that director says “Action,” you’re listening, you’re receiving, you’re reacting. You’re there.”

~ Alretha Thomas

“It’s The Producers. We’re in Chicago and the orchestra plays the first song and they get to the end and everybody applauds, and then they all look at Mel Brooks. And Mel turns to me and he says, ‘Doug, surprisingly good.'”

~ Doug Besterman

“Inevitably just about everybody who showed me their work would start by saying ‘This, oh, uh, it’s not very good this, but, uh, uh…’ to which I would of course have to say, ‘Well, why are you showing it me, then?’ You’ve got to believe in your stuff because if you don’t, why should anybody else believe it? And if you don’t, then… get a good agent.”

~ Tim Quinn

“Writing isn’t about punctuation and how you lyric the text. It’s about the story you’re trying to sell. So never ever think that you’re less than just because you can’t string a sentence. There’s always somebody who can help you. Your story, that’s the important thing.”

~ Teddie Dahlin

“Never give up because from day to day, you could have good news, you could have bad news, you could have good news, you could have bad. And don’t let any one thing talk you out of going for it.” “Listen and learn and never give up.”

~ Martha Bolton and Wanda E. Brunstetter

“If you have a story sitting in your heart that is important to you, then you know that it’s unique. You know that it would benefit others. You should write that story. You should write that book.”

~ Qin Sun Stubis