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"I think enthusiasm is the answer to passionate writing."
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"Enthusiasm is the divine particle in our composition: with it we are great, generous, and true; without it, we are little, false, and mean."

"Enthusiasm is not the same as just being excited. One gets excited about going on a roller coaster. One becomes enthusiastic about creating and building a roller coaster."

"Children are a house's enemy. They don't mean to be - they just can't help it. It's their enthusiasm, their energy, their naturally destructive tendencies."

"A man can succeed at almost anything for which he has unlimited enthusiasm."

"Enthusiasm glows, radiates, permeates and immediately captures everyone's interest."

"True enthusiasm is a fine feeling whose flash I admire where-ever I see it."

"I've been amazed at the degree to which Democrats, in particular, have expressed their enthusiasm for the president's manner with which he handled this budget."
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"The aftermath of the war is what inspired us to write many of our plays. The whole reason for our writing Inherit the Wind was that we were appalled at the blacklisting. We were appalled at thought control."

"A neurotic is a man who builds a castle in the air. A psychotic is the man who lives in it. A psychiatrist is the man who collects the rent."

"If you're going to make a musical, don't cartoon it from the play. Make it better than the play. Have a reason for making it sing."

"In no instance is there to be a musical or opera of Inherit the Wind because it doesn't sing. It's an intellectual play."

"Our only competition in the theater is boredom, because if I'm bored with a play, if I'm revolted by a play on stage, with the Broadway prices, especially today, I'm going to walk out and not come back and pay that price again."

"You must not demand the failure of your peers, because the more good things that are around in film, in television, in theater - why the better it is for all of us."
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