Seminal Quotes

The story drove the book. That had a very seminal effect on the way I saw writing and storytelling. If you can set a character in a story that is compelling and has a backbone, you draw people in.

I came to film school in 1977 when directors like Fassbinder and Wenders were everybody`s heroes. But it was also the time that Star Wars and Close Encounters came out, and these were the seminal movies for me. Everybody is always so careful about these things. I mean, I`m good friends with Wim Wenders, but it doesn`t mean I have to like his movies. Some of them, I like. Most of them, I find boring. And I would tell him that to his face.

That piece has been choreographed so badly so many times. I`m loathe to do it but I may eventually because it is one of the seminal art works of the twentieth century.

While his death was not unexpected, it`s a serious blow to the entire theatrical community in the United States and Pittsburgh in particular. August Wilson is one of the seminal figures of 20th century dramatic art. When we speak of Eugene O`Neill, Tennessee Williams and Arthur Miller, we will now add the name of August Wilson to that pantheon.