Self-restraint may be alien to the human temperament, but humanity without restraint will dig its own grave.
Marya Manneson Broadway money rules. Like a host of vultures, the ticket brokers, the speculators, the craft unions, the agents, the backers, the real estate owners move in on the creative body and take their bite. The world of dreams breathes in an iron lung; and without this mechanical pumping it dies.
Marya MannesMinds are cluttered from the age of six with the values of others-values which bear little relation to their own private capacities, needs and desires.
Marya MannesThe art of flirtation is dying. A man and woman are either in love these days or just friends. In the realm of love, reticence and sophistication should go hand in hand, for one of the joys of life is discovery. Nowadays, instead of progressing from vous to tu, from Mister to Jim, it's 'darling' and 'come to my place' in the first hour.
Marya Mannes