He steps on stage and draws the sword of rhetoric, and when he is through, someone is lying wounded and thousands of others are either angry or consoled.

Quote by Pete Hamill

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I don't ask for the meaning of the song of a bird or the rising...

I don't ask for the meaning of the song of a bird or the rising...

It's odd being an American now. Most of us are peaceful, but here we are...

It's odd being an American now. Most of us are peaceful, but here we are...

There is a growing feeling that perhaps Texas is really another country, a place where...

There is a growing feeling that perhaps Texas is really another country, a place where...

Say what you will about him Ed Koch is still the best show in town.

Say what you will about him Ed Koch is still the best show in town.

He steps on stage and draws the sword of rhetoric, and when he is through,...

He steps on stage and draws the sword of rhetoric, and when he is through,...

The best of our theater is standing on tiptoe, striving to see over the shoulders...

The best of our theater is standing on tiptoe, striving to see over the shoulders...

You can throw away the privilege of acting, but that would be such a shame....

You can throw away the privilege of acting, but that would be such a shame....

Theater is, of course, a reflection of life. Maybe we have to improve life before...

Theater is, of course, a reflection of life. Maybe we have to improve life before...

The theater is so endlessly fascinating because it's so accidental. It's so much like life.

The theater is so endlessly fascinating because it's so accidental. It's so much like life.

I'd rather do theater and British films than move to LA in hopes of getting...

I'd rather do theater and British films than move to LA in hopes of getting...

Whoever becomes the head of the National Theater finds himself in a position like that...

Whoever becomes the head of the National Theater finds himself in a position like that...

No theater could sanely flourish until there was an umbilical connection between what was happening...

No theater could sanely flourish until there was an umbilical connection between what was happening...

You need three things in the theater - the play, the actors and the audience,...

You need three things in the theater - the play, the actors and the audience,...

All of the arts, poetry, music, ritual, the visible arts, the theater, must singly and...

All of the arts, poetry, music, ritual, the visible arts, the theater, must singly and...

What other culture could have produced someone like Hemingway and not seen the joke?

What other culture could have produced someone like Hemingway and not seen the joke?

I believe that in a great city, or even in a small city or a...

I believe that in a great city, or even in a small city or a...

All colors are the friends of their neighbors and the lovers of their opposites.

All colors are the friends of their neighbors and the lovers of their opposites.

Dream as if you'll live forever, live as if you'll die today.

Dream as if you'll live forever, live as if you'll die today.

I adore the theater and I am a painter. I think the two are made...

I adore the theater and I am a painter. I think the two are made...

The center of the stage is where I am.

The center of the stage is where I am.