A poem begins as a lump in the throat, a sense of wrong, a homesickness, a lovesickness. – Robert Frost

A poem can have an impact, but you can’t expect an audience to understand all the nuances. – Douglas Dunn

A good drama critic is one who perceives what is happening in the theatre of his time. A great drama critic also perceives what is not happening. – Kenneth Tynan

Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing. – Benjamin Franklin

A truly good book teaches me better than to read it. I must soon lay it down, and commence living on its hint. What I began by reading, I must finish by acting. -
Henry David Thoreau