“The
best part of one’s life is the working part, the creative part. Believe me, I love to succeed…however, the
real spiritual and emotional excitement is in the doing.”
So said Garson Kanin, born this day, who was a prolific writer and noted Broadway
director. Among his many hit shows were The
Diary of Anne Frank, Funny Girl and Born Yesterday, which he started writing
while serving as a soldier and filmmaker in World War II. His major war role
was documenting Dwight Eisenhower’s official record of the Allied Invasion,
resulting in the Academy Award-winning documentary True Glory. A novelist, too,
he wrote the bestseller Smash, basis
for a recent television series.
His
most famous line from the long-running Born
Yesterday -- in which I was fortunate enough to have a community theater role -- is enshrined on a New York City Public Library plaque. It was delivered by journalist Paul Verrall, who
says: "I want everyone to be smart. As smart as they can be. A world of
ignorant people is too dangerous to live in."
Garson Kanin
Kanin
also is famously quoted as saying, “When your work speaks for itself, don’t
interrupt.” Seventy-five years after he said that, his writer's moments continue to speak.
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