To be clear is the first duty of a writer; to charm and to please are graces to be acquired later. — Brander Matthews Copy Share Image
There is a homely directness about these rustic apothegms which makes them far more palatable than the strained and sophisticated epigrams of the characters… — Brander Matthews Copy Share Image
The art of the dramatist is very like the art of the architect. A plot has to be built up just as a house… — Brander Matthews Copy Share Image
To be clear is the first duty of a writer; to charm and to please are graces to be acquired later. — Brander Matthews Copy Share Image
Give a good deed the credit of a good motive; and give an evil deed the benefit of the doubt. — Brander Matthews Copy Share Image
In every artist we can perceive a man with both a message and a method. His message may be innate in him, but his… — Brander Matthews Copy Share Image
When I have no idea, I gnaw my nails and invoke the aid of Providence. — Brander Matthews Copy Share Image
A gentleman need not know Latin, but he should at least have forgotten it. — Brander Matthews Copy Share Image
