Writing Is Not An End In Itself

It Seems To Me That The Thing That Makes The Theater Worthwhile Is The Fact That It Attracts So Many People With Ideas Who Are Constantly Trying To Share Them With The Public. Real Art Is Illumination. It Gives A Man An Idea He Never Had Before Or Lights Up Ideas That Were Formless Or Only Lurking In The Shadows Of His Mind. It Adds Stature To Life.

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.

The Virtue Of The Camera Is Not The Power It Has To Transform The Photographer Into An Artist, But The Impulse It Gives Him To Keep On Looking.

There Is No Joy So Great As That Of Reporting That A Good Play Has Come To Town.

Real Art Is Illumination, It Adds Stature To Life.