“Some mystery should be left in the revelation of character in a play, just as a great deal of mystery is always left in the revelation of character in life, even in one's own character to himself.”
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We are all sentenced to solitary confinement inside our own skins, for life.
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Life is an unanswered question, but let's still believe in the dignity and importance of the question.
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If the writing is honest it cannot be separated from the man who wrote it.
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The most dangerous word in any human tongue is the word for brother. It's inflammatory.
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All cruel people describe themselves as paragons of frankness.
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