Riki Lindhome Quotes

Elia Kazan understood my problems. He was able to bring out the very best in me. He gave me credit for my intelligence.

I've always believed applause is food for an artist.

Without craftsmanship, inspiration is a mere reed shaken in the wind.

Where the spirit does not work with the hand, there is no art.

I can't imagine working without and audience.

The best way to inspire people to superior performance is to convince them by everything you do and by your everyday attitude that you are wholeheartedly supporting them.

That is the way a great master carpenter feels, or an architect or composer or anyone who creates anything - people want to be appreciated for what they have done.

I have yet to find the man, however exalted his station, who did not do better work and put forth greater effort under a spirit of approval than under a spirit of criticism.

A young musician plays scales in his room and only bores his family. A beginning writer, on the other hand, sometimes has the misfortune of getting into print.

A pat on the back, through only a few vertebrae removed from a kick in the pants, is miles ahead in results.

As far as I'm concerned, an audience is an audience. Whether it's an audience in Hull or the National Theatre, that's who you play to. It's not money - it's good to get some, but that's not why I do it. You do it because you have to, to tell a story.

I'm not particularly good at anything. I'm not an incredible guitarist or piano player or songwriter. I think what I do is, when I notice someone is really good at something, I try to get that out of them.

It's such a joy to work with different ensembles and create a collaboration. Rehearsing and building a performance is very interesting for me.

Without wonder and insight, acting is just a trade. With it, it becomes creation.

The audiences are what keep me enthusiastic.

Directing, I get all kinds of inspiration. It's working with people. It's a lot more fun.

I don't write for an auditorium full of people. I don't write for the microphone; I write for the page.

I've been fortunate that when Frank Sinatra was in concert, he would say, 'Here's a song by a wonderful young songwriter, Jimmy Webb,' and I'd be in the front row and stand up. That gets people talking about you.

People wish to be poets more than they wish to write poetry, and that's a mistake. One should wish to celebrate more than one wishes to be celebrated.

Writing with a partner is, in some ways, an easy but odd process. Two people come into a room and look to each other for motivation. One might not be in the right mood at any given moment. And somehow, you begin; somehow, out of your exchange of thoughts, something engages both of you, and the process of collaboration begins.

I didn't do this by myself, man. It was so many people, so many fans that came in there and cheered for me, night in and night out.

I think it's important for these guys to know we love them and care about them and at the end of the day, that's going to motivate them to want to lead, play harder, and all the things we ask them to do. Which is a lot.

It was an absolute pleasure working with Stephen Graham. I've admired his work for many years, and what he brings is that real sense of authenticity.

I just felt proud of being able to tell my mom that 'Ye reached out. He saw that I built on my own with a small team.

The best stuff is done by people who love it, whether that's high art or low art, whatever that is.