Everybody's Got A Habit.

Old Paint On Canvas, As It Ages, Sometimes Becomes Transparent. When That Happens It Is Possible, In Some Pictures, To See The Original Lines: A Tree Will Show Through A Woman's Dress, A Child Makes Way For A Dog, A Large Boat Is No Longer On An Open Sea. That Is Called Pentimento Because The Painter 'repented', Changed His Mind. Perhaps It Would Be As Well To Say That The Old Conception, Replaced By A Later Choice, Is A Way Of Seeing And Then Seeing Again.

Nobody Outside Of A Baby Carriage Or A Judge's Chamber Believes In An Unprejudiced Point Of View.

Failure In The Theater Is More Dramatic And Uglier Than Any Other Form Of Writing. It Costs So Much, You Feel So Guilty.

Rebels Seldom Make Good Revolutionaries, Because Organized Action, Even Union With Other People, Is Not Possible For Them.

If You Are Willing To Take The Punishment, You're Halfway Through The Battle. That The Issues May Be Trivial, The Battle Ugly, Is Another Point.