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14 quotes by Horton Foote

Albert Horton Foote, Jr. (March 14, 1916 – March 4, 2009 ) was an American playwright and screenwriter, perhaps best known for his screenplays for the 1962 film To Kill a Mockingbird and the 1983 film Tender Mercies, and his notable live television dramas during the Golden Age of Television. He received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1995 for his play The Young Man From Atlanta. In 1995, Foote was the inaugural recipient of the Austin Film...
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I have enormous respect for the human being because they're asked to take on a lot. And I don't think there's any easy solution. But I... →

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I believe very deeply in the human spirit, and I have a sense of awe about it. I look around and ask, 'What makes the difference? What is... →

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I'm a social writer in the sense that I want to record, but not in the sense of trying to change people's minds.

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A writer has an inescapable voice. I think it's inherent in the nature, and I think that we don't control it anymore than we control what we... →

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I so earnestly believe that prayer can be helpful and guide you and protect you and inspire you. I mean, I'm in awe.

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In New York, there are a lot of plays to see, and I try to see as many as I can.

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Early on, I said to myself that I would like to write a kind of moral and spiritual history of a place. It sounds a little pretentious, I know. But... →

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I often write about nonreligious people, and I try to find situations where their sense of humanity is restored or discovered. I think you can be a... →

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My mother, twenty-two, was Harriet Gautier Brooks, named for her paternal grandmother, but always called Hallie. My father, twenty-six, was Albert... →

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A lot of writing is thinking.

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I've lived long enough to know things go in and out of fashion, and things not well received now can be totally reversed years later.

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I don't think I'll ever stop writing. I write almost every day. I'd write plays even if they were never done again. You're at the... →

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I've redone plays of mine and made changes. A play is a living thing, and I'd never say I wouldn't rewrite years later. Tennessee... →

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