Where There Is No Faith, Devils Are

Tragedy Massages The Human Ego Even As Comedy Deflates It. ... Tragedy Pits Us Against Large Foes And The Trip Wire Is Our Own Character. ... In Comedy We Fall Afoul Of One Another. Comedy Depends On Social Life, On Our Behavior In Groups. In Tragedy You Can Observe One Human Against The Gods. In Comedy It's One Human Versus Other Humans And Often One Man (or Woman If I'm Writing It) Against Her Own Worst Impulses.

Seriousness Is The Refuge Of The Shallow. There Are Events And Personal Experiences That Call Forth Seriousness But They Are Fewer Than Most Of Us Think.

Love Is The Wild Card Of Existence.

Writers Are The Moral Purifiers Of The Culture. We May Not Be Pure Ourselves But We Must Tell The Truth, Which Is A Purifying Act.

Why Marry A Woman If You're Going To Betray Her, And If You're Going To Betray Her, Why Beat Her? The Fault Is Not Hers ... I Sometimes Think The Worst We Do, We Do Behind Closed Doors.