To be able to write a play a ...

To be able to write a play a man must be sensitive, imaginative, naive, gullible, passionate; he must be something of an imbecile, something of a poet, something of a liar, something of a damn fool.
 Robert E. Sherwood

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The happiest miser on earth is the man who saves up every friend he can make.
 Robert E. Sherwood
I remember when I was younger, there was a well-known writer who used to dart down the back way whenever saw me coming. I suppose he was in love with me and wasn't quite sure of himself. Well, c'est la vie!
 Robert E. Sherwood