John Osborne on playwriting

Quote of the day: “I want to make people feel, to give them lessons in feeling. They can think afterwards. In some countries this could be a dangerous approach, but there seems little danger of people feeling too much — at least not in England as I am writing. I am an artist — whether or not I am a good one is beside the point now. For the first time in my life I have a chance to get on with my job, and that is what I intend to do.” (John Osborne’s ‘They Call It Cricket’ [1957])

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