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Moss Hart Quotes

Charity in the theater begins and ends with those who have a play opening within a week of one’s own Picture Quote #1

A sharp sense of the ironic can be the equivalent of the faith that moves mountains. Far more quicky than reason or logic, irony can penetrate rage and puncture self-pity Picture Quote #1

Nobody bores any man as much as an unhappy female Picture Quote #1

Boredom is the keynote of poverty... it’s dark brown sameness Picture Quote #1

I have had many successes and many failures in my life. My successes have always been for different reasons, but my failures have always been for the same reason: I said yes when I meant no Picture Quote #1

A play for me never really takes on an aspect of reality until it has left the dryair of the study and begins to sniff the musty breezes of a bare stage Picture Quote #1

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One begins with two people on a stage, and one of them had better say something pretty quick Picture Quote #1

How many of us would be willing to settle when we’re young for what we eventually get? All those plans we make... what happens to them? It’s only a handful of the lucky ones that can look back and say that they even came close Picture Quote #1

Can success change the human mechanism so completely between one dawn and another? Can it make one feel taller, more alive, handsomer, uncommonly gifted and indomitably secure with the certainty that this is the way life will always be? It can and it does! Picture Quote #1

The only credential the city asked was the boldness to dream. For those who did, it unlocked its gates and its treasures, not caring who they were or where they came from Picture Quote #1

So far as I know, anything worth hearing is not usually uttered at seven o’clock in the morning; and if it is, it will generally be repeated at a more reasonable hour for a larger and more wakeful audience Picture Quote #1

Without vanity a writer’s work is tepid, and he must accept his vanity as part of his stock in trade and live with it as one of the hazards of his profession Picture Quote #1

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I have had the irreplaceable opportunity of learning my profession with the proper tools, the most important of which is not a pencil or a typewriter, but the necessary time to think before using them Picture Quote #1

There is nothing that one can say about acting, writing, producing or directing that cannot be revoked in the next breath. Nothing is immutable. The logic of one year is a folly of the next Picture Quote #1

There is nothing like tasting the grit of fear for rediscovering that the umbilical cord is made of piano wire Picture Quote #1

The theatre breeds its own kind of cruelty, and its sadism takes on a keener edge since it can be enjoyed under the innocent guise of critical judgment Picture Quote #1

Charity in the theatre usually begins and ends with people who have a play opening the week following one’s own. Their unlikely benevolence is not so much a purity of heart as the knowledge that they face a firing line with rifles aimed in exactly the same direction Picture Quote #1

Charity in the theater begins and ends with those who have a play opening within a week of one’s own Picture Quote #1

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Charity in the theater begins and ends with those who have a play opening within a week of one’s own. (Moss Hart Quotes) A sharp sense of the ironic can be the equivalent of the faith that moves mountains. Far more quicky than reason or logic, irony can penetrate rage and puncture self-pity (Moss Hart Quotes) Nobody bores any man as much as an unhappy female (Moss Hart Quotes) Boredom is the keynote of poverty... it’s dark brown sameness (Moss Hart Quotes) I have had many successes and many failures in my life. My successes have always been for different reasons, but my failures have always been for the same reason: I said yes when I meant no (Moss Hart Quotes) A play for me never really takes on an aspect of reality until it has left the dryair of the study and begins to sniff the musty breezes of a bare stage (Moss Hart Quotes) One begins with two people on a stage, and one of them had better say something pretty quick (Moss Hart Quotes) How many of us would be willing to settle when we’re young for what we eventually get? All those plans we make... what happens to them? It’s only a handful of the lucky ones that can look back and say that they even came close (Moss Hart Quotes) Can success change the human mechanism so completely between one dawn and another? Can it make one feel taller, more alive, handsomer, uncommonly gifted and indomitably secure with the certainty that this is the way life will always be? It can and it does! (Moss Hart Quotes) The only credential the city asked was the boldness to dream. For those who did, it unlocked its gates and its treasures, not caring who they were or where they came from (Moss Hart Quotes) So far as I know, anything worth hearing is not usually uttered at seven o’clock in the morning; and if it is, it will generally be repeated at a more reasonable hour for a larger and more wakeful audience (Moss Hart Quotes) Without vanity a writer’s work is tepid, and he must accept his vanity as part of his stock in trade and live with it as one of the hazards of his profession (Moss Hart Quotes) I have had the irreplaceable opportunity of learning my profession with the proper tools, the most important of which is not a pencil or a typewriter, but the necessary time to think before using them (Moss Hart Quotes) There is nothing that one can say about acting, writing, producing or directing that cannot be revoked in the next breath. Nothing is immutable. The logic of one year is a folly of the next (Moss Hart Quotes) There is nothing like tasting the grit of fear for rediscovering that the umbilical cord is made of piano wire (Moss Hart Quotes) The theatre breeds its own kind of cruelty, and its sadism takes on a keener edge since it can be enjoyed under the innocent guise of critical judgment (Moss Hart Quotes) Charity in the theatre usually begins and ends with people who have a play opening the week following one’s own. Their unlikely benevolence is not so much a purity of heart as the knowledge that they face a firing line with rifles aimed in exactly the same direction (Moss Hart Quotes) Charity in the theater begins and ends with those who have a play opening within a week of one’s own (Moss Hart Quotes)