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Jerome Lawrence
American
Playwright
Born:
Jul 14
,
1915
Died:
Feb 29
,
2004
Better
Man
Wind
Writing
You
Your
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A neurotic is a man who builds a castle in the air. A psychotic is the man who lives in it. A psychiatrist is the man who collects the rent.
Jerome Lawrence
Man
Air
Castle
Neurotic
Builds
Rent
Psychiatrist
Psychotic
Who
Lives
The man who has everything figured out is probably a fool.
Jerome Lawrence
Man
Fool
Everything
Out
Figured
Who
I think enthusiasm is the answer to passionate writing.
Jerome Lawrence
Writing
Enthusiasm
Think
Answer
Passionate
It's always such a joy that you wake up in the morning and there's work to do.
Jerome Lawrence
Work
Morning
You
Joy
Wake Up
Always
Wake
Up
All experience helps when you write.
Jerome Lawrence
You
Experience
Write
Helps
The whole point of writing is to have something in your gut or in your soul or in your mind that's burning to be written.
Jerome Lawrence
Soul
Writing
Mind
Gut
Something
Point
Written
Burning
Your
Whole
If you're going to make a musical, don't cartoon it from the play. Make it better than the play. Have a reason for making it sing.
Jerome Lawrence
You
Better
Musical
Cartoon
Sing
Make
Making
Than
Going
Reason
Play
You must not demand the failure of your peers, because the more good things that are around in film, in television, in theater - why the better it is for all of us.
Jerome Lawrence
Good
Failure
You
Good Things
Better
Peers
Television
Must
More
Demand
Because
Around
Theater
Us
Your
Film
Why
Things
Our only competition in the theater is boredom, because if I'm bored with a play, if I'm revolted by a play on stage, with the Broadway prices, especially today, I'm going to walk out and not come back and pay that price again.
Jerome Lawrence
Today
Competition
Walk
Stage
Pay
Back
Our
Broadway
Out
Bored
Boredom
Only
Price
Prices
Come
Because
Going
Theater
Again
Play
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