Quote by Edward Bond
I write about violence as naturally as Jane Austen wrote about man

I write about violence as naturally as Jane Austen wrote about manners. Violence shapes and obsesses our society, and if we do not stop being violent we have no future. – Edward Bond

Other quotes by Edward Bond

The human mind is a dramatic structure in itself and our society is absolutely saturated with drama. – Edward Bond

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Society
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All you now do is pursue your private objectives within society. Instead of us being a community, everybody is asked to seek their own personal ends. Its called competition. And competition is antagonism. – Edward Bond

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Society
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Art is the close scrutiny of reality and therefore I put on the stage only those things that I know happen in our society. – Edward Bond

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Violence was almost an aphrodisiac for me. – Woody Harrelson

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Who overcomes by force hath overcome but half his foe. – John Milton, Paradise Lost, 1667

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In some cases nonviolence requires more militancy than violence. – Cesar Chavez

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Cause a man with a briefcase can steal more money than any man with a gun – Don Henley

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