Theater is, of course, a reflection of life. Maybe we have to improve life before we can hope to improve theater.

Worry is interest paid on trouble before it comes due.

Perhaps the most lasting pleasure in life is the pleasure of not going to church.

Public opinion, a vulgar, impertinent, anonymous tyrant who deliberately makes life unpleasant for anyone who is not content to be the average person.

Out, out, brief candle! Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player that struts and frets his hour upon the stage and is heard no more. It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.

Theater is, of course, a reflection of life. Maybe we have to improve life before we can hope to improve theater.