“While in some quarters it is felt that the critic is just a necessary evil, most serious-minded, decent, talented theater people agree that the critic is an unnecessary evil.” PeopleEvilFeltSeriousTheaterAgreeCriticsDecentQuartersUnnecessaryNecessary Evil Author:Jean Kerr
“Sorrowful words become the sorrowful; angry words suit the passionate; light words a playful expression; serious words suit the grave. [Lat., Tristia maestum Vultum verba decent; iratum, plena minarum; Ludentem, lasciva: severum, seria dictu.]” LightSeriousExpressionAngryPassionateGravesSuitsDecentSorrowfulAngry Words Author:Horace
“There will be a quick rash of hairy American filth, but it shouldn't threaten the existence of decent, serious British filth.” ExistenceSeriousBritishDecentFilth Author:John Osborne
“I think it's doubly important, now that we see so many people failing. When the norm is an anti-hero, there's a serious loss when you cannot portray a decent person on screen without it becoming slightly sentimental or feeling like it's unrealistic.” PeopleThinkingPersonsImportantFeelingsLossFailingSeriousBecomingHeroScreensDecentSentimentalNormAnti Hero Author:Brendan Gleeson
“Poetry died as a commercial form and then it died as a serious art form. No one serious touches it. It used to be that somebody like F. Scott Fitzgerald could make a high middle-class income from working as a short story writer for the Saturday Evening Post and other outlets. That doesn't happen anymore. It used to be that a legitimate playwright could make a living on Broadway from writing decent plays.” WritingArtPlayStoriesHappensFormUsedClassMiddleSeriousDiedIncomeUsed To BeEveningPostsDecentMiddle ClassShort StorySaturdayBroadwayOutletsPlaywrightLiving OnStory WritersScott FitzgeraldSaturday Evening Author:William Monahan