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Jerome Lawrence [1915-2004] American

Rank: 111
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Jerome Lawrence was an American playwright and author. After graduating from Ohio State University in 1937 and the University of California, Los Angeles in 1939, Lawrence partnered with Robert Edwin Lee to help create Armed Forces Radio.

Morning, Work

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It's always such a joy that you wake up in the morning and there's work to do.	Morning, Work	101
A neurotic is a man who builds a castle in the air. A psychotic is the man who lives in it. A psychiatrist is the man who collects the rent.		102
Our only competition in the theater is boredom, because if I'm bored with a play, if I'm revolted by a play on stage, with the Broadway prices, especially today, I'm going to walk out and not come back and pay that price again.		103
A play is a passion.		104
The man who has everything figured out is probably a fool.		105
I think enthusiasm is the answer to passionate writing.		106
In no instance is there to be a musical or opera of Inherit the Wind because it doesn't sing. It's an intellectual play.		107
The aftermath of the war is what inspired us to write many of our plays. The whole reason for our writing Inherit the Wind was that we were appalled at the blacklisting. We were appalled at thought control.		108
All experience helps when you write.		109
The whole point of writing is to have something in your gut or in your soul or in your mind that's burning to be written.		110
If you're going to make a musical, don't cartoon it from the play. Make it better than the play. Have a reason for making it sing.		111
You must not demand the failure of your peers, because the more good things that are around in film, in television, in theater - why the better it is for all of us.		112

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