Charity In The Theater Begins

I Have Had The Irreplaceable Opportunity Of Learning My Profession With The Proper Tools, The Most Important Of Which Is Not A Pencil Or A Typewriter, But The Necessary Time To Think Before Using Them.

The Theatre Breeds Its Own Kind Of Cruelty, And Its Sadism Takes On A Keener Edge Since It Can Be Enjoyed Under The Innocent Guise Of Critical Judgment.

Playwriting, Like Begging In India, Is An Honorable But Humbling Profession.

Boredom Is The Keynote Of Poverty — Of All Its Indignities, It Is Perhaps The Hardest Of All To Live With — For Where There Is No Money There Is No Change Of Any Kind, Not Of Scene Or Of Routine. To Be Able To Break Out Of Its Dark Brown Sameness.

There Is Nothing Like Tasting The Grit Of Fear For Rediscovering That The Umbilical Cord Is Made Of Piano Wire.