George Pierce Baker quote

The instinct to impersonate produces the actor; the desire to provide pleasure by impersonations produces the playwright; the desire to provide this pleasure with adequate characterization and dialogue memorable in itself produces dramatic literature.
George Pierce Baker
George Pierce Baker
George Pierce Baker
Born: Apr 4, 1866
Died: Jan 6, 1935

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