“there is something shameful about the death of a play. It does not die with pity, but contempt. A book may fail, but who is there to know it? It dies and is buried, and is decently interred on the bookseller's shelf; but the play dies to laughter, to scorn and disdain.” KnowsMayDoeBookPlayDiesFailingLaughterTheaterPityBuriedContemptShelvesScornShamefulDisdainBooksellers Book:My Story Source: My Story
“Old men make wars that young men may die.” MenMayWarYoungDiesYoung ManOld Man Author:Mary Roberts Rinehart
“... Washington was not only an important capital. It was a city of fear. Below that glittering and delightful surface there is another story, that of underpaid Government clerks, men and women holding desperately to work that some political pull may at any moment take from them. A city of men in office and clutching that office, and a city of struggle which the country never suspects.” MenMayImportantCountryMomentsStoriesGovernmentPoliticalPoliticsFearCitiesStruggleOfficeMen And WomenSurfaceSuspectsDelightfulClerksUnderpaid Book:My Story Source: My Story
“The writing career is not a romantic one. The writer's life may be colorful, but his work itself is rather drab.” WritingMayCareersColorful Book:My Story Source: My Story
