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Boris Pasternak: As in an...

Boris Pasternak: As in an...

As in an explosion, I would erupt with all the wonderful things I saw and understood in this...

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James Agee: We are talking...

James Agee: We are talking...

We are talking now of summer evenings in Knoxville, Tennessee, in the time that I lived there so successfully...

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John Osborne: The whole point...

John Osborne: The whole point...

The whole point of a sacrifice is that you give up something you never really wanted in the first place. . . . People...

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Wilson Mizner: I've known countless...

Wilson Mizner: I've known countless...

I've known countless people who were reservoirs of learning, yet never had a thought.

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Wilson Mizner: A good listener...

Wilson Mizner: A good listener...

A good listener is not only popular everywhere, but after a while he knows something.

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Wilson Mizner: Life's a tough...

Wilson Mizner: Life's a tough...

Life's a tough proposition, and the first hundred years are the hardest.

Source: In...

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Joseph Brodsky: Bad literature ....

Joseph Brodsky: Bad literature ....

Bad literature . . . is a form of treason.

Source: In NY Times, 1 Oct 72
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George Gordon Byron: Nothing can confound...

George Gordon Byron: Nothing can confound...

Nothing can confound a wise man more than laughter from a dunce.

Source: In The...

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Emily Dickinson: Hope is the...

Emily Dickinson: Hope is the...

Hope is the thing with feathers --
That perches in the soul --
And sings the tunes without the words --
And...

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Emily Dickinson: Because I could...

Emily Dickinson: Because I could...

Because I could not stop for Death,
He kindly stopped for me;
The carriage held but just ourselves
And...

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Wendy Wasserstein: Because of Mozart,...

Wendy Wasserstein: Because of Mozart,...

Because of Mozart, it's all over after the age of seven.

Source: Comment.
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Harold Pinter: In other words,...

Harold Pinter: In other words,...

In other words, apart from the known and the unknown, what else is there?

Source:...

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Harold Pinter: I mean, don't...

Harold Pinter: I mean, don't...

I mean, don't forget the earth's about five thousand million years old, at least. Who can afford to live in the...

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Harold Pinter: I tend to...

Harold Pinter: I tend to...

I tend to believe that cricket is the greatest thing that God ever created on earth . . . certainly greater than sex,...

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Robert E Sherwood: It is disappointing...

Robert E Sherwood: It is disappointing...

It is disappointing to report that George Bernard Shaw appearing as George Bernard Shaw is sadly miscast in the part....

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Robert E Sherwood: To be able...

Robert E Sherwood: To be able...

To be able to write a play . . . a man must be sensitive, imaginative, naive, gullible, passionate; he must be...

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Peter Shaffer: Everything we feel...

Peter Shaffer: Everything we feel...

Everything we feel is made of Time. All the beauties of life are shaped by it.

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Peter Shaffer: Rehearsing a play...

Peter Shaffer: Rehearsing a play...

Rehearsing a play is making the word flesh. Publishing a play is reversing the process.

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Christopher Hampton: Asking a working...

Christopher Hampton: Asking a working...

Asking a working writer what he thinks about critics is like asking a lamp-post how it feels about...

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Charlie Parker: Don't play the...

Charlie Parker: Don't play the...

Don't play the saxophone. Let it play you.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic...

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