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“There is nothing so expensive, really, as a big, well-developed, full-bodied preconception.”
“When an American family becomes separated from its toothbrushes and combs and pajamas for a few hours it considers that it has had quite an adventure.”
“The United States, almost alone today, offers the liberties and the privileges and the tools of freedom. In this land the citizens are still invited to write their plays and books, to paint their p...”
“There is nothing harder to estimate than a writer's time, nothing harder to keep track of. There are momentsmoments of sustained creationwhen his time is fairly valuable; and there are hours and ho...”
“One of the most interesting accomplishments of the film community, it seems to me, is that it has made real for America the exquisite beauty of incompatibility. Divorce among the gods possesses the...”