If You're An Artist, You've Got To

The Art Of Persuasion. The Actor Persuades Himself, First, And Through Himself, The Audience.

The Office Of Drama Is To Exercise, Possibly To Exhaust, Human Emotions. The Purpose Of Comedy Is To Tickle Those Emotions Into An Expression Of Light Relief; Of Tragedy, To Wound Them And Bring The Relief Of Tears. Disgust And Terror Are The Other Points Of The Compass.

I Believe In The Theater; I Believe In It As The First Glamorizer Of Thought. It Restores Dramatic Dynamics And Their Relations To Life Size.

Have A Very Good Reason For Everything You Do.

Autograph-hunting Is The Most Unattractive Manifestation Of Sex-starved Curiosity.