A test of what is real is that it is hard and rough. Joys are found in it, not pleasure. read more

A test of what is real is that it is hard and rough. Joys are found in it, not pleasure. What is pleasant belongs to dreams.

Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced.

Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced.

A truly good book teaches me better than to read it. I must soon lay it down, and commence living read more

A truly good book teaches me better than to read it. I must soon lay it down, and commence living on its hint. What I began by reading, I must finish by acting.

It's weird. I mean, he's a dream, a fantasy, and, if he becomes real, it's like he's not mine anymore.

It's weird. I mean, he's a dream, a fantasy, and, if he becomes real, it's like he's not mine anymore.

Realists do not fear the results of their study.

Realists do not fear the results of their study.

Reality is just a crutch for people who can't cope with drugs.

Reality is just a crutch for people who can't cope with drugs.

The human soul has still greater need of the ideal than of the real. It is by the real that read more

The human soul has still greater need of the ideal than of the real. It is by the real that we exist; it is by the ideal that we live.

I love acting. It is so much more real than life.

I love acting. It is so much more real than life.

Art must take reality by surprise.

Art must take reality by surprise.