Writing Is Not An End In Itself

In The 1920s Dramatists Attacked Their Subjects As If The Inequities Could Be Resolved. Some Of The Traditional Optimism Of America Lurked Behind Most Of The Early Plays. But Not Now. There Is No Conviction Now That The Problem Will Be Solved.

This Nation Was Built By Men Who Took Risks-pioneers Who Were Not Afraid Of The Wilderness, Businessmen Who Were Not Afraid Of Failure, Scientists Who Were Not Afraid Of The Truth, Thinkers Who Were Not Afraid Of Progress, Dreamers Who Were Not Afraid Of Action.

Although The Theater Is Not Life, It Is Composed Of Fragments Or Imitations Of Life, And People On Both Sides Of The Footlight Have To Unite To Make The Fragments Whole And The Imitations Genuine.

Poetry Is As Vital To Thinking As Knowledge.

Bureaucracies Are Designed To Perform Public Business. But As Soon As A Bureaucracy Is Established, It Develops An Autonomous Spiritual Life And Comes To Regard The Public As Its Enemy.