For It Is Written That Just As

The Audience Will Teach You How To Act And The Audience Will Teach You How To Write And To Direct. The Classroom Will Teach You How To Obey, And Obedience In The Theatre Will Get You Nowhere. It’s A Soothing Falsity.

Every Scene Should Be Able To Answer Three Questions: "who Wants What From Whom? What Happens If They Don't Get It? Why Now?"

The Founders Recognized That Government Is Quite Literally A Necessary Evil, That There Must Be Opposition, Between Its Various Branches, And Between Political Parties, For These Are The Only Ways To Temper The Individual's Greed For Power And The Electorates' Desires For Peace By Submission To Coercion Or Blandishment.

Everybody Makes Their Own Fun. If You Don't Make It Yourself, It Isn't Fun. It's Entertainment.

If You're Writing An Opinion Piece, It's Your Job To Write Your Opinion. If, On The Other Hand, You Wrote A Novel, As Virginia Woolf Tells Us, It Would Be Inappropriate If You Let Your Novel Be Influenced By Your Political Opinions.