“Why is an actor's unintentional giggling called a 'corpse'? It seems to me quite the opposite. It proves that he's very much alive, and can still tell how silly this all is: him dressed up as someone else speaking words written by a third party.” StillsSeemsActorsPartyAliveWrittenProveOppositesThirdsSillyCorpsesDressed UpThird Parties Author:Antony Sher
“I once started a detective story to make moneybut I couldn't get the murder to take place! At the end of three chapters I was still describing the characters and the milieu, so I thought, this is not going to work. No corpse!” StillsEndsCharacterStoriesThreeMurderMaking MoneyChaptersGoing To WorkCorpsesDetectivesDescribingMilieuDetective Stories Author:Mary McCarthy