Walter Kirn Quotes

Let's just say that I don't think our show has very much in common with the book any more.

We went into this with the utmost respect for the source material, but we recognized the need for change.

We'll get material in there and all of a sudden I'll switch the material around or the order of the show.

Change alone is eternal, perpetual, immortal.

History always happens to us and nothing ever stays the same.

It doesn't get better, it doesn't get worse, but it sure gets different!

Change is inevitable. Change is constant.

I'm not rigid about directorial changes: I judge them on a case-by-case basis. In the case of a play whose text is widely familiar, I'm open to drastic changes that may alter the author's meaning, perhaps even considerably. If the results don't work, then I say so.

Well, changes have been made. The question is whether we've done enough by way of change.

Change alone is unchanging.

Nothing changes like changes, because nothing changes but the changes.

Change in all things is sweet.

Because things are the way they are, things will not stay the way they are.

Changes are not unusual - I mean, most movies, when they release them, they make changes. But somehow, when I make the slightest change, everybody thinks it's the end of the world.

Changing, everything is changing.

I take things that already exist and just push them.

...the change was adjustment without improvement.

I'm always careful to say that I changed everything I found.

Any revival in which I am involved is liable to change.

Transformation literally means going beyond your form.

Change is not always bad. Change can be good.

With time, everything changes, and there is nothing wrong in that.

I've always been a big fan of taking old songs and completely turning them on their head. Having no adherence to the fine tradition of the original version. Rearranging them and taking a different approach to them.

Every now and then you might have to change things around. It's not something that is good to do a lot - especially with your batting - but every now and then, I don't think it's a bad thing.

Change is not a linear process; it's an all-encompassing process, and it's alive in different ways.