“I'm really very sorry for you all, but it's an unjust world, and virtue is triumphant only in theatrical performances.”

“In Ohio seasons are theatrical. Each one enters like a prima donna, convinced its performance is the reason the world has people in it.”

“As the manager sits before a performance, as the critics wait like hungry dogs to rip apart the performance, they all become entwined in the theatrics of it all.”

“Patriotism is a virtue of the wicked.Irreverence is the champion of liberty, it's only sure defence.The Golden eye of justice sees, bequites the unjust man”

“Everything. A letter may be coded, and a word may be coded. A theatrical performance may be coded, and a sonnet may be coded, and there are times when it seems the entire world is in code. Some believe that the world can be decoded by performing research in a library. Others believe that the world can be decoded by reading a newspaper. In my case, the only thing that made sense of the world was you, and without you the world will seem as garbled and tragic as a malfunctioning typewrit9.”

“Nature is monstrously unjust. There is no substitute for talent. Industry and all the virtues are of no avail.”