Robertson Davies Quote

For twenty years I have been a writer and never before have I been in a milieu where every consideration came before literary consideration. And the opinion of anybody — minor actor, money accountant or baggage man — weighed equally or more heavily than that of the author. My disgust is like a cap of fire bearing down on my head. Why would an author with any pride submit to the impertinences of theatre people?


Diary, during the production of Love and Libel (1960).


For twenty years I have been a writer and never before have I been in a milieu where every consideration came before literary consideration. And the...

For twenty years I have been a writer and never before have I been in a milieu where every consideration came before literary consideration. And the...

For twenty years I have been a writer and never before have I been in a milieu where every consideration came before literary consideration. And the...

For twenty years I have been a writer and never before have I been in a milieu where every consideration came before literary consideration. And the...