Theatre Quote by Edith Wharton

“I am also aware of television’s potential for creating a theater for the masses (a subject which in my opinion has not been taken…

— Neil Postman

“The whole world had become a stage, in which the props were continually shifting, four extras reprising the roles of twenty-four characters and people…

— Chris Campanioni

“TV was like a third parent- a source of ideas and information and impressions. and not such a bad parent- always with time to…

— Bill McKibben

“Adolescence is the same tragedy being performed again and again. The only things that change are the stage props.”

— Lindsey Leavitt

“Life made me an actor from birth. The world, darling, is not my stage but my audience.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

“Youth is a terrible thing: it is a stage trod by children in buskins and fancy costumes mouthing speeches they've memorized and fanatically believe…

— Milan Kundera

“We have treated television as if it is not a mass medium, and we have been rewarded in kind.”

— David Simon

“...the deliberate application of the techniques of theater to politics, religion, education, literature, commerce, warfare, crime, everything, has converted them into branches of show…

— Neal Gabler

“The people are like an audience watching a drama. They have characters whose sides they chose even before the start of the show, but…

— Janvier Chouteu-Chando

Television lets audiences deeply connect with characters.

— Claire Danes

“What I know now is that I would be a different person, or at the least a better version of myself, more rounded, more…

— Michael Sokolove

“There is nothing wrong with entertainment. As some psychiatrist once put it, we all build castles in the air. The problems come when we…

— Neil Postman