“A louse in the locks of literature.”
“Girl! I'm here to make you look Fa-Bu-Lous!”
“Literature is open to everybody. I refuse to allow you, Beadle though you are, to turn me off the grass. Lock up your libraries if you like; but there is no gate, no lock, no bolt, that you can set upon the freedom of my mind.”
“A Man lives off his head.His head won't see him through.Inspect your own—What lives on that?At most, a louse or two . . .”
“Mankind lives by its headIts head won't see him throughInspect your own. What lives off that?At most a louse or two.”
“A single prop that does not look real to an audience can louse you up. The same is true of the smallest flaw in setting up the motivation in a story line.”