Out of the past come the standards for judging the present; standards in turn to be shaped by the practice of present-day dramatists into broader standards for the next generation.

If the E.U. allows itself to be priced out of the world economy, the next generation will not get jobs, living standards will decline, and the Union will lose the popular consent of the people of Europe.

The Sixties: The Years That Shaped a Generation

What then is tragedy? In the Elizabethan period it was assumed that a play ending in death was a tragedy, but in recent years we have come to understand that to live on is sometimes far more tragic than death.

Gone are the days when most of the people used to get happy with the right suggestions,now they merely get happy with the right solutions.

You have to have a canon so the next generation can come along and explode it.