“ I have lived long enough to be battered by the realities of life and not too long to be downed by them. John Mason Brown
“ To many people dramatic criticism must seem like an attempt to tattoo soap bubbles. John Mason Brown
“ No one is worthy of a good home here or in heaven that is not willing to be in peril for a good cause. John Mason Brown
“ It is in the hard rockpile labour of seeking to win hold or deserve a reader's interest that the pleasant agony of writing comes in. John Mason Brown
“ The purpose of writing is to hold a mirror to nature, but too much today is written from small mirrors in vanity cases. John Mason Brown