J.L. Bond Quotes
I don't think it's the job of theatre at the moment to provide political propaganda; that would be simplistic. We have to explore our situation further before we will understand it.
We know that if whites and nonwhites vote in the same percentages as they did in 2000, Bush will be re-defeated by 3 million votes.
Every small boy wanted to be a steam engine driver when they grew up in the old days, including me. There's something very special about them - the noise, the smell, the steam coming out everywhere.
Paddington Bear was a refugee with a label - 'Please look after this bear. Thank you', and he had a little suitcase.
If you put people up on pedestals, there's only one way for them to go and that is down.
Inside my heart, there's a 12-year-old girl who has always wanted to be Ginger Rogers.
Not a lot of people know this, but I'm very good at mathematics. When I was an angry teenager, I used to sit in my room and do quadratic equations to calm myself down.
Success brings poise, especially avoirdupois. Success comes before work only in the dictionary.
I adore acting; it's in my blood - quite literally - but I can honestly say the most creative thing in the world for me is being a mother.
I'm an appalling flyer. I get very tense, although I no longer weep uncontrollably for no reason - I just sob if there's turbulence.
History's lesson is to make the most of reform opportunities when they arise because they do not arise often and they do not last long.
Workers come to America to fill jobs unwanted by Americans, but they are staying and they are not going home.
I write plays not to make money, but to stop myself from going mad. Because it's my way of making the world rational to me.
Now, drama is quite useful at helping us to understand what our position is and, conversely, we might then understand why our theatre is being destroyed
What Shakespeare and the Greeks were able to do was radically question what it meant to be a human being.
Violence is never a solution in my plays, just as ultimately violence is never a solution in human affairs.
Fifteen years ago I walked out of a production of one of my plays at the RSC because I decided it was a waste of time.
I think I've always admired sort of dynamic filmmakers, which doesn't shy away from strong expressions. Which might be a little more theatrical at some points.
I've been working with music videos and commercials, they are naturally very music driven and visual driven. So that feels like my natural element to be working with that.
I think digital. I think digital and I was terrified about it for a long time. But I think digital because it gives so much more freedom to work with the actors.
When you're working with film and you hear that mag starting to roll and you know that there's thousands of dollars just spinning around, it's another stress element, which I don't enjoy at all.
I learnt in the jungle that there is a great tranquility associated with having nothing of value
My daughter Karen was born in 1958, the year my first Paddington book came out, so she grew up with him.
As a cameraman, I was paid to stand within a few feet of Yehudi Menuhin performing. I saw Rudolph Nureyev dancing. I couldn't believe I was being paid for that.
I have a flat in Paris and go there a lot, but the Eurostar's much more civilised than flying.
When you write a novel you have to live with the characters for a long time. So I prefer short stories. I never wrote anything more than 250 pages.
