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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Come not, when...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Come not, when...

Come not, when I am dead,
To drop thy foolish tears upon my grave,
To trample round my fallen head,
And vex...

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Louise Erdrich: For a short...

Louise Erdrich: For a short...

For a short while, our mothers bodies are the boundaries and personal geography which are all that we know of the...

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August Wilson: Style ain't nothing...

August Wilson: Style ain't nothing...

Style ain't nothing but keeping the same idea from beginning to end. Everybody got it.

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Edward Albee: If Attila the...

Edward Albee: If Attila the...

If Attila the Hun were alive today, he'd be a drama critic.

Source: In Webster's...

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Arthur Miller: The job is...

Arthur Miller: The job is...

The job is to ask questions -- it always was -- and to ask them as inexorably as I can. And to face the absence of...

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Arthur Miller: When any creativity...

Arthur Miller: When any creativity...

When any creativity becomes useful, it is sucked into the vortex of commercialism, and when a thing becomes...

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William Congreve: Uncertainty and expectation...

William Congreve: Uncertainty and expectation...

Uncertainty and expectation are the joys of life. Security is an insipid thing, through the overtaking and possessing...

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Maxwell Anderson: Truth's like a...

Maxwell Anderson: Truth's like a...

Truth's like a fire, and will burn through and be seen.

Source: In ...As One Mad...

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Maxwell Anderson: There are some...

Maxwell Anderson: There are some...

There are some men who lift the age they inhabit, till all men walk on higher ground in that...

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Marsha Norman: Dreams are illustrations...

Marsha Norman: Dreams are illustrations...

Dreams are illustrations from the book your soul is writing about you.

Source: The...

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Eugene Ionesco: Mediocrity is more...

Eugene Ionesco: Mediocrity is more...

Mediocrity is more dangerous in a critic than in a writer.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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Jean Racine: A single word...

Jean Racine: A single word...

A single word often betrays a great design.

Source: In Webster's Electronic...

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John Osborne: I don't think...

John Osborne: I don't think...

I don't think one `comes down' from Jimmy's university. According to him, it's not even red brick, but white...

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Sean O'Casey: What time has...

Sean O'Casey: What time has...

What time has been wasted during man's destiny in the struggle to decide what man's next world will be like! The...

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George S Kaufman: I like terra...

George S Kaufman: I like terra...

I like terra firma; the more firma, the less terra.

Source: In The Ultimate...

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Jean Giraudoux: There are no...

Jean Giraudoux: There are no...

There are no elements so diverse that they cannot be joined in the heart of a man.

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David Mamet: A good film...

David Mamet: A good film...

A good film script should be able to do completely without dialogue.

Source:...

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Maurice Maeterlinck: How strangely do...

Maurice Maeterlinck: How strangely do...

How strangely do we diminish a thing as soon as we try to express it in words.

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Brendan Behan: I have a...

Brendan Behan: I have a...

I have a total irreverence for anything connected with society except that which makes the roads safer, the beer...

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John Fletcher: Love's tongue is...

John Fletcher: Love's tongue is...

Love's tongue is in his eyes.

Source: Piscatory Eclogues, V. xiii
-- John...

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