Tents – Quotes

A tent, a roll

A tent, a roll mat, a little bit of food, a bit of petrol in your tank and a vague idea of where you’re going and that’s all you need. Ewan McGregor

I have been surrounded

I have been surrounded by love letters you two have built each other for years, encased in tents. Erin Morgenstern

I thought a circus environment would be an interesting venue to explore, where you didn’t just have one tent with three rings and a show going on but where you could explore different things in different tents. Erin Morgenstern

Which tent is your

Which tent is your favourite? he asks. The Ice Garden, Celia answers, without even pausing to consider. Why is that? Marco asks. Because of the way it feels, she says. It’s like walking into a dream. As though it is someplace else entirely and not simply another tent. Erin Morgenstern

The circus arrives without

The circus arrives without warning. No announcements precede it. It is simply there, when yesterday it was not. Within the black-and-white striped canvas tents is an utterly unique experience full of breathtaking amazements. It is called Le Cirque des Rêves, and it is only open at night. Erin Morgenstern

[Jack Nash] was very

[Jack Nash] was very different than anything I’d played. In fact, there’s a scene I have in a tent with Louis Ferreira, who just did an episode of Travelers. He was in the fourth episode of Travelers playing another team leader, and we really have it out, not unlike the way we did in the … Read more

What we should celebrate

What we should celebrate more than diversity is what we do with it. How do we bring everyone in the tent and create something together? In a twenty-first century way that activates our true potential, we all need to become sworn-again. Eric Liu

What I think networks

What I think networks do so well are big, fun, accessible, invite everybody into the tent kinds of storytelling, akin to an early Spielberg movie or a Michael Crichton novel. That’s not to say that there aren’t scary parts ’cause there are, and that there aren’t sexy parts and edgy parts, just like early Spielberg … Read more

To write a book

To write a book such as Tiger Bone & Rhino Horn is a formidable undertaking. You must accumulate thousands of facts and spare no detail, no matter how terrible. It is always easier to write a piece of fluff and leave everybody smiling. But then, the horrors of poaching would continue unchallenged?like as tent caterpillars … Read more

All the things that

All the things that are negative in me as a person – the incompetence and despair and weakness and pain – are like a gift from God in a performer. If you don’t hide them and if you stop lying to yourself about what you are and are not, there is a ring or a … Read more