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Do you know what a playwright is? A playwright is someone who lets his guts hang out on the stage.


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Sometimes it's necessary to go a long distance out of the way in order to come back a short distance correctly.

Sometimes it's necessary to go a long distance out of the way in order to come back a short distance correctly.



The act of writing is an act of optimism. You would not take the trouble to do it if you felt that it didn't matter.

The act of writing is an act of optimism. You would not take the trouble to do it if you felt that it didn't matter.



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You're alive only once, as far as we know, and what could be worse than getting to the end of your life and realizing you hadn't lived it?

You're alive only once, as far as we know, and what could be worse than getting to the end of your life and realizing you hadn't lived it?



You gotta have swine to show you where the truffles are.

You gotta have swine to show you where the truffles are.



One must let the play happen to one; one must let the mind loose to respond as it will, to receive impressions, to sense rather than know, to gather rather than immediately understand.

One must let the play happen to one; one must let the mind loose to respond as it will, to receive impressions, to sense rather than know, to gather rather than immediately understand.



School curricula that ignore the arts produce highly educated Barbarians

School curricula that ignore the arts produce highly educated Barbarians



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Art has an obligation to offend





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