Self-deception Is Sometimes As Necessary A Tool

I Have Always Understood The Unbelieving Look In The Eyes Of Those Whom Success Touches Early - It Is A Look Half Fearful, As Though The Dream Were Still In The Process Of Being Dreamed And To Move Or To Speak Would Shatter It.

I Have Had The Irreplaceable Opportunity Of Learning My Profession With The Proper Tools, The Most Important Of Which Is Not A Pencil Or A Typewriter, But The Necessary Time To Think Before Using Them.

So Far As I Know, Anything Worth Hearing Is Not Usually Uttered At Seven O'clock In The Morning; And If It Is, It Will Generally Be Repeated At A More Reasonable Hour For A Larger And More Wakeful Audience.

A Play For Me Never Really Takes On An Aspect Of Reality Until It Has Left The Dryair Of The Study And Begins To Sniff The Musty Breezes Of A Bare Stage.

Without Vanity A Writer's Work Is Tepid, And He Must Accept His Vanity As Part Of His Stock In Trade And Live With It As One Of The Hazards Of His Profession.