Alan Cohen
The landscape of American letters has long made room for writers who work across multiple forms, from the printed page to visual media. Alan Cohen is one such figure, an American writer whose work extends into documentary participation.
As a United States citizen writing in American English, Cohen occupies a place within a tradition of writers who engage with both textual and documentary modes of expression. His involvement as a documentary participant places him at the intersection of written and filmed storytelling, contributing to a form that draws on research, narrative, and on-screen presence. The available record identifies him primarily through these two roles — writer and documentary participant — without specifying individual titles or productions at this time.
Quotes by Alan Cohen
Alan Cohen's insights on:
It takes a lot of courage to release the familiar and seemingly secure, to embrace the new. There is more security in the adventurous and exciting, for in movement there is life, and in change there is power.
Personal growth is not a matter of learning new information but unlearning old limits.
When your life sucks, that's serious. It's a big wake up call. It's an invitation to do something different. Not more of the same.
If you have ever followed a rainbow to its end, it would lead you to the ground on which you were standing.
The point of life is not to be married or single – it is to be. We are human beings, or humans being. It does not matter so much what lifestyle we choose – it’s what we make of the opportunities to grow, that counts.
The Tao, which is the Force, is fully present, alive, and unassailable by the illusions that cloud our vision as we plod through a world of shadows and distortions.
You have the power to take away someone’s happiness by refusing to forgive. That someone is you.