I am married to the theater, and the films are only my mistress.
Interpretation
The speaker prioritizes theater over film, viewing the latter as a secondary pursuit.
In this quote, Oskar Werner expresses a deep commitment to theater, indicating that it holds a primary place in his artistic life. He metaphorically describes films as a 'mistress,' suggesting they are a temporary affair, overshadowed by his enduring love for the stage, which represents a more profound connection to his craft.
In practice
In a discussion about the importance of theater in modern education, I might say, 'As Oskar Werner put it, I am married to the theater.'
'Brown Girl Dreaming' was a book I had a lot of doubts about - mainly, would this story be meaningful to anyone besides me? My editor, Nancy Paulsen, kept assuring me, but there were moments when I was in a really sad place with the story for so many reasons. It wasn't an easy book to write - emotionally, physically, or creatively.
The way I write is very much without kind of a goal. I have something I'm interested in and then I decide I'm going to explore it. I don't know where the characters are going to go, I don't know what the movie is going to do or what the screenplay is going to do. For me, that's the way to keep it alive.
I think no woman I have had ever gave me so sweet a moment, or at so light a price, as the moment I owe to a newly heard musical phrase.
What makes people the world over stand in line for Van Gogh is not that they will see beautiful pictures but that in an indefinable way they will come away feeling better human beings. And that is exactly what Van Gogh hoped for.
My metaphor for translation has always been that translation is really a performance art. You take the original and try to perform it, really, in a different medium. Part of that is about interpretation and what you think the author's voice really is.
I shut my eyes in order to see.
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