A tragedy, then, is the imitation of an action ... with incidents arousing pity and fear, wherewith to accomplish its catharsis of such emotions. (1449b24)

Young people are in a condition like permanent intoxication, because youth is sweet and they are growing.

A whole is that which has beginning, middle, and end. (1450b26)

With regard to excellence, it is not enough to know, but we must try to have and use it.

This music is forever for me. It's the stage thing, that rush moment that you live for. It never lasts, but that's what you live for.

By whatever means it is accomplished, the prime business of a play is to arouse the passions of its audience so that by the route of passion may be opened up n…

Our live experiences, fixed in aphorisms, stiffen into cold epigrams. Our heart's blood, as we write it, turns to mere dull ink.