Far More Quickly Than Reason And Logic,

Poor People Know Poor People, And Rich People Know Rich People. It Is One Of The Few Things La Rochefoucauld Did Not Say, But Then La Rochefoucauld Never Lived In The Bronx.

Charity In The Theatre Usually Begins And Ends With People Who Have A Play Opening The Week Following One's Own. Their Unlikely Benevolence Is Not So Much A Purity Of Heart As The Knowledge That They Face A Firing Line With Rifles Aimed In Exactly The Same Direction.

So Far As I Know, Anything Worth Hearing Is Not Usually Uttered At Seven O'clock In The Morning; And If It Is, It Will Generally Be Repeated At A More Reasonable Hour For A Larger And More Wakeful Audience.

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.

The Frivolity With Which All Theatrical Activity Is Conducted Has One Consoling Feature-there Are No Rules Of Behavior That Apply Regularly To Any Part Of The Theatre.