Have you noticed ... there is never any third act in a nightmare? They bring you to a climax of terror and then leave you there. They are the work of poor dramatists.
Max BeerbohmI have known no man of genius who had not to pay, in some affliction or defect, either physical or spiritual, for what the gods had given him.
Max BeerbohmYou cannot make a man by standing a sheep on its hind-legs. But by standing a flock of sheep in that position you can make a crowd of men.
Max Beerbohm