
“I seek the real stuff of life. Profound drama.”
February 5, 1934
Diary entries (1914 - 1974)
The Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu (1920), ch. ix
“I seek the real stuff of life. Profound drama.”
February 5, 1934
Diary entries (1914 - 1974)
Source: The Mind of God: The Scientific Basis for a Rational World (1992), Ch. 9: 'The Mystery at the End of the Universe', p. 232
“The trade of critic, in literature, music, and the drama, is the most degraded of all trades.”
Vol. II, p. 69
Mark Twain's Autobiography (1924)
“Exquisite nature, daydreams, and music say one thing, real life another.”
In a Native Corner or At Home (1897)
This Is Country Music.
Song lyrics, This Is Country Music (2011)
Source: Fourth Realm Trilogy (2005-2009), The Traveler (2005), Ch. 31
“Drama is life with the dull bits cut out.”
Picture Parade, BBC (5 July 1960)
“Live amongst no roses, only the drama, for real
A nickel-plate is my fate, my medicine is the ganja”
Memory Lane (Sittin' in Da Park)
On Albums, Illmatic (1994)