Marya Mannes
Marya Mannes
Marya Manneswas an American author and critic, known for her caustic but insightful observations of American life. Mannes also wrote under the pen name of, "Sec."...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth14 November 1904
CountryUnited States of America
Marya Mannes quotes about
generosity strings deals
Generosity with strings is not generosity: it is a deal.
privilege moments awareness
It is privilege of living to be acutely, agonizingly conscious of the moment that is always present and always passing.
dream real moving
on Broadway money rules. Like a host of vultures, the ticket brokers, the speculators, the craft unions, the agents, the backers, the real estate owners move in on the creative body and take their bite. The world of dreams breathes in an iron lung; and without this mechanical pumping it dies.
television radio violence
television and radio violence was considered by most experts of minimal importance as a contributory cause of youthful killing. ... there were always enough experts to assure the public that crime and violence had nothing to do with crime and violence.
judgment cynicism ultimate
The ultimate cynicism is to suspend judgment so that you are not judged.
dream romantic-love reality
The curse of the romantic is a greed for dreams, an intensity of expectation that, in the end, diminishes the reality.
performances
performance is an act of faith.
sobriety musical passionate
A musical audience is at best uninspiring, at worst definitely drab. ... Respectability hangs like a pall over the orchestra and the boxes; a sort of sterile sobriety ill-fitted to the passionate geometry of music.
weapons barbarians fusion
The barbarian weapon is fission: the splitting asunder. It has been perfected for death. Our only weapon is fusion: an imperfect process still, though designed for life.
solitude important detachment
There is nothing harder to come by than detachment and solitude; and nothing more important.