Wilson Mizner
Wilson Mizner
Wilson Miznerwas an American playwright, raconteur, and entrepreneur. His best-known plays are The Deep Purple, produced in 1910, and The Greyhound, produced in 1912. He was manager and co-owner of The Brown Derby restaurant in Los Angeles, California, and was affiliated with his brother, Addison Mizner, in a series of scams and picaresque misadventures that inspired Stephen Sondheim's musical Road Show...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionDramatist
Date of Birth19 May 1876
CountryUnited States of America
If you steal from one author it's plagiarism; if you steal from many it's research.
Don't talk about yourself; it will be done when you leave.
A drama critic is a person who surprises the playwright by informing him what he meant.
Those who welcome death have only tried it from the ears up.
I've spent several years in Hollywood, and I still think the movie heroes are in the audience.
I can usually judge a fellow by what he laughs at.
The first hundred years are the hardest.
A slave has but one master. An ambition man, has as many as there are people who helped him get his fortune.
I've known countless people who were reservoirs of learning, yet never had a thought.
A good listener is not only popular everywhere, but after a while, he knows something.
To my embarrassment I was born in bed with a lady.
The most efficient water power in the world - women's tears.
I'd rather know a square guy than own a square mile.
There is something about a closet that makes a skeleton terribly restless.