Marianne Moore
American poet (1887-1972)
James Maxwell Andersonwas an American playwright, author, poet, journalist, and lyricist.
Anderson faced many challenges in his career, frequently losing jobs for expressing his opinions or supporting controversial figures.
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James Maxwell Andersonwas an American playwright, author, poet, journalist, and lyricist.
Anderson faced many challenges in his career, frequently losing jobs for expressing his opinions or supporting controversial figures. Despite this, he found success as a dramatist and wrote a number of hit plays, including What Price Glory, Both Your Houses, and The Bad Seed. Many of his works were adapted for the screen, and he wrote screenplays for other authors’ works as well. Anderson was married three times and had a tumultuous personal life, dying in 1959 after suffering a stroke. His papers and personal effects can be found in various institutions, with the largest collection housed at the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas at Austin.
5 Quotes by Maxwell Anderson
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This liberty will look easy by and by when nobody dies to get it.
Maxwell AndersonAmerican playwright and writer (1888-1959)
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There are some men who lift the age they inhabit, till all men walk on higher ground in that lifetime.
Maxwell AndersonAmerican playwright and writer (1888-1959)
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He was a god, such as men might be, if men were gods.
Maxwell AndersonAmerican playwright and writer (1888-1959)
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If you practice an art, be proud of it and make it proud of you It may break your heart, but it will fill your heart before it breaks it; it will make you a person in your own right.
Maxwell AndersonAmerican playwright and writer (1888-1959)
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The essence of a tragedy, or even of a serious play, is the spiritual awakening, or regeneration, of the hero.
Maxwell AndersonAmerican playwright and writer (1888-1959)