Out of the past come the standards for judging the present; standards in turn to be shaped by the practice of present-day dramatists into broader standards for the next generation.

Acted drama requires surrender of one's self, sympathetic absorption in the play as it develops.

Back through the ages of barbarism and civilization, in all tongues, we find this instinctive pleasure in the imitative action that is the very essence of all drama.

Rare is the human being, immature or mature, who has never felt an impulse to pretend he is some one or something else.

The drama is a great revealer of life.

When the drama attains a characterization which makes the play a revelation of human conduct and a dialogue which characterizes yet pleases for itself, we reach dramatic literature.

We do not kill the drama, we do not really limit its appeal by failing to encourage the best in it; but we do thereby foster the weakest and poorest elements.

No drama, however great, is entirely independent of the stage on which it is given.

In the best farce today we start with some absurd premise as to character or situation, but if the premises be once granted we move logically enough to the ending.

In reading plays, however, it should always be remembered that any play, however great, loses much when not seen in action.

Drama read to oneself is never drama at its best, and is not even drama as it should be.

What we believe is a matter of choice provided we have control over our thoughts. It’s no less than living in bliss with each passing moment when you can see your thoughts flowing in apt directions.

The best career advice I've gotten is to stay focused, keep moving forward.

Parliament of the country is the repository of the sovereign will of the people, and its successful functioning is a joint responsibility of both the government and the Opposition.

In love, fidelity signifies this extended victory: the randomness of an encounter defeated day after day through the invention of what will endure.

If you're willing to work harder than anybody else, you can create your own luck

The French aren't perfect, but they have some parenting secrets that really do work.

What makes iPhone 5 so unique is how it feels in your hand. The materials… the remarkable precision. Never before have we built a product with this extraordinarily level of fit and finish.

There are two things in ordinary conversation which ordinary people dislike - information and wit