Carol Anshaw Quotes

I like to write with people I have a relationship with; otherwise it's kind of scary, and you hold back because you don't want to pour your guts out to someone you never met.

It's all about the director for me; we have to click. It's a trust thing. I'll say I'm ready to let down my walls. I'll cry for you as long as you need. But you're going to have to hug me afterwards.

The true feeling of sex is that of a deep intimacy, but above all of a deep complicity.

I want to keep people engaged and I want them to feel connected to what I'm doing.

Truth springs from argument amongst friends.

When you're feeling very comfortable with an actor, you are doing nothing.

When I sing, I feel like when you're first in love. It's more than sex. It's that point two people can get to they call love, when you really touch someone for the first time, but it's gigantic, multiplied by the whole audience. I feel chills.

The thing about storytelling is it's very stripped down; it's very much at the core of 'I'm a person and I'm just telling you this thing, and I need you to trust me and believe that what I'm saying is true, and if you believe that what I'm saying is true then we are connected to each other.' I think there's something really beautiful about that.

I know that books seem like the ultimate thing that's made by one person, but that's not true. Every reading of a book is a collaboration between the reader and the writer who are making the story up together.

I can't write without a reader. It's precisely like a kiss - you can't do it alone.

You know, whatever happens between the two of us that's created when we come together as actors is not something I think we can explain.

Readers are what it's all about, aren't they? If not, why am I writing?

Communication leads to community, that is, to understanding, intimacy and mutual valuing.

How wonderful it is to play with someone you feel very close to.

There is an instinct that emerges when we get quiet with people. We know who's close.

I don't want to have a relationship with someone if I'm not going to work with them.

A real conversation always contains an invitation. You are inviting another person to reveal herself or himself to you, to tell you who they are or what they want.

My readers - and I get 400 emails for a day, my readers normally they say, well, you understand me, and I answer, you do understand me also. We are in the same level.

A relationship is based on communication.

There must be free and open interdepartmental discussion and consideration of everyone's ideas and opinions. These internal discussions must not be considered an invasion of turf, and must remain private... When everyone is on the same page, trust develops, and teams can grow and succeed together.

There was something really special about working with Lena Dunham. I immediately felt very comfortable with her, and we spoke the same language.

I suppose there are many, but I cannot imagine ever having a more perfect collaboration than that which Penn-san and I shared. It was based upon mutual trust, respect, and a desire to have our own work pushed to new places. And it always resulted in delight.

There's no particular method or course of action that I take in order to decide who I'm going to work with besides feeling complete and total respect and admiration for that artist.

What you want to do is put people in a position where they feel connected enough to you that they're willing to collaborate with you; they're willing to show you the things that they were scared to tell you about before.

When the actor you're developing a rapport with is directing, you feel much more camaraderie about scenes, and you can relate in a much tighter way.