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I had made all these rules for myself: I'm not writing social commentary, I'm not writing love songs.
I never think that anything I'm writing is bluntly political in any way. I'm not going for commentary.
You were doing a TV show - you don't realise that you're also making social commentary at the same time.
A devastating commentary on the war in Iraq is that we have been unable to spend money on infrastructure.
There's something about a woman's life choices that invites commentary, whether it's been invited or not.
My work is not so much a direct commentary as it is an open-ended observation of the absurdities around us.
After I write, I have nothing to say. The commentary afterwards is superfluous. I write. And that's enough.
People will know if you are telling the truth or lying. If you are doing commentary, why not tell the truth?
I don't know what DVD commentaries are about. I'd like to strangle the person who came up with that concept.
The narration, in fact, doubles the drama with a commentary without which no mise en scene would be possible.
Taboo' certainly isn't a commentary on other types of period drama. It's just a different way of tackling one.
In baseball, you can't tell the players without a scorecard, but in political commentary, you need a metaphor.
Apocalyptic hysteria is much more effective at getting people to open their wallets than reasonable commentary.
Most performers are used to the highs and the lows. If you can let a low stop you, that would be a sad commentary.
I always had a running commentary in my head that was extremely funny and off-center, but I never said it to anyone.
I'm in my usual state up here in the commentary box: high tension, heart beating like a trip hammer, whatever that is.
I think politics is a dirty game. We've seen the sides that they take; we've seen the commentary they have had on my father.
I've never been ashamed of being the ham or the provocateur, as it were, in my style of commentary or my style of showmanship.
This is America, and everybody has the right to voice and to have an opinion and to have their commentary on things and people.
Boxing's in my blood, so I'll always stay involved in that, and I'll probably do a bit of TV work as well, commentary and that.
I'm incapable of writing without social commentary. I like to think that it's integrated and not really heavy handedly didactic.
I'm pretty much done with political commentary. I've said everything I could possibly say. I've been a big mouth for long enough.
It is a sad commentary of our times when our young must seek advice and counsel from 'Dear Abby' instead of going to Mom and Dad.
I think that my films are basically family stories, beyond the fact that they are global and have political and social commentary.
It's a sad commentary on where politics is today. If someone disagrees with you, you're either Attila the Hun or a leftist liberal.
One of the most overused phrases in political commentary is that someone is running a 'negative' campaign filled with 'attack' ads.
Art is not only about something; it is something. A work of art is a thing in the world, not just a text or commentary on the world.
The length and shape of the poemetto, like the greater Romantic lyric of English poetry, lends itself to retrospection and commentary.
'Line Of Duty' is first and foremost a thriller. But I hope it will also be seen as a revisionist commentary on 21st century policing.
I think one of my big struggles with being famous in my early 20s was that there was a constant running commentary telling me who I was.
I don't take myself as seriously as I did when I was playing, and it works, and I think people see the self-deprecation in my commentary.
There is an element of mystique to radio, and I often listen to cricket commentary on radio, especially when one is stuck in a traffic jam.
When I think about writers who use fiction as social commentary and to raise social awareness but who are also very popular, I think of Dickens.
It's a sad commentary when children feel they can talK to a stranger better than their own parents and ask him to solve their personal problems.
I wanted to write a commentary on the Bible, to write about the Talmud, about celebration, about the great eternal subjects: love and happiness.
Artists often have mental health issues. And their lifestyles are unstable because of all the travelling and the media commentary on their lives.
If there are three words that need to be used more in American journalism, commentary, politics, personal life... it's the magic words 'I don't know.'
The BBC provides the commentary on our lives, the soundtrack of the nation. It is one of the most powerful unifying forces in the United Kingdom today.
It's a sad commentary on our time - to use a phrase much favored by my late father - that people increasingly celebrate Christmas Day by going to the movies.
Dickens writes such brilliant characters and stories, and his themes and social commentary are still so relevant. I think that's why he's still so loved today.
We've always been interested in the commentary on politics and society and how comedy always sort of cuts that with a nice laugh, and the perspective it brings.
'Get Out' definitely brought it to the mainstream, but you can look back at the original 'Night of the Living Dead' and that's definitely a commentary on racism.
When I read commentary about suggestions for where C should go, I often think back and give thanks that it wasn't developed under the advice of a worldwide crowd.
I felt I had an opportunity to follow in the footsteps of great soul musicians of the past, who made a lot of social and political commentary through their music.
I was hired by the 'Tom Joyner Morning Show' to do commentary that makes people think. I want my audience to feel like they are learning and not being pandered to.
I learn so much from watching films like that with commentary and then when you get to hear another filmmaker talk about their films it's a really great experience.
We like the John Gruber model - he writes some long stuff that's very thoughtful and analytical, and then other stuff, he just adds a bit of commentary. I like that.
What happened was very sad. Mr. Lacey told the staff that he was disappointed and appalled that the front of the book was all commentary and that he wanted hard news.
I stay off the Internet, because I'm very sensitive to commentary. There could be 10 comments of 'Fabulous job!' and one 'She's horrible!' and it completely throws me.
You don't need the 'voice of God' commentary. Instead, by juxtaposing contradictory or confirmatory witnesses and archive material, your point of view becomes obvious.