Karl Kraus Quote

That an author takes a bow is not humility but presumption. What does the paleface want on the stage afterwards? But before the performance he had even less business there--and paying him royalties is equivalent to cheating the actors.

Half-truths & One-and-a-half Truths: Selected Aphorisms (ed. 1976) - ISBN: 9780919830004

That an author takes a bow is not humility but presumption. What does the paleface want on the stage afterwards? But before the performance he had...

That an author takes a bow is not humility but presumption. What does the paleface want on the stage afterwards? But before the performance he had...

That an author takes a bow is not humility but presumption. What does the paleface want on the stage afterwards? But before the performance he had...

That an author takes a bow is not humility but presumption. What does the paleface want on the stage afterwards? But before the performance he had...