“My soul, sit thou a patient looker-on;
Judge not the play before the play is done:
Her plot hath many changes; every day
Speaks a new scene; the last act crowns the play.”

“But how can the characters in a play guess the plot? We are not the playwright, we are not the producer, we are not even the audience. We are on the stage. To play well the scenes in which we are "on" concerns us much more than to guess about the scenes that follow it.”

“The best part about acting is reacting. Audiences don't know that they mustn't sit back and observe and say, "I will watch this." Whether it's my play or anybody's play, they must become participants. Too many people today are observing life instead of participating in it.”

“The last act is bloody, however fine the rest of the play”

“I played it for my bride, and one day you will play for yours.”

“In books, or work, or healthful play,
Let my first years be past,
That I may give for every day
Some good account at last.”

“I'm gonna give her all my soul.
I'm gonna play her Rock 'N' Roll.”

“The creation of something new is not accomplished by the intellect but by the play instinct acting from inner necessity. The creative mind plays with the objects it loves.”

“Let the children play
And sit like flowers upon thy grave
And crown with flowers,—that hardly have
A briefer blooming-tide than they.”

“There's a difference between playing and playing games. The former is an act of joy, the latter — an act.”