Charity In The Theater Begins And Ends

A Sharp Sense Of The Ironic Can Be The Equivalent Of The Faith That Moves Mountains. Far More Quicky Than Reason Or Logic, Irony Can Penetrate Rage And Puncture Self-pity.

I Have Always Understood The Unbelieving Look In The Eyes Of Those Whom Success Touches Early - It Is A Look Half Fearful, As Though The Dream Were Still In The Process Of Being Dreamed And To Move Or To Speak Would Shatter It.

Without Vanity A Writer's Work Is Tepid, And He Must Accept His Vanity As Part Of His Stock In Trade And Live With It As One Of The Hazards Of His Profession.

A Too Constant Preoccupation With Money May Seem To Indicate The Lack Of A Proper Sense Of Moral Values, But [let] Those Who Have Always Had Money . . . Be Without It For A While, And They Will Soon Discover How Quickly It Becomes Their Chief Concern.

Charity In The Theater Begins And Ends With Those Who Have A Play Opening Within A Week Of One's Own.