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It took all my sense of propriety to force myself still and not leap about with delight and gratitude. At one moment I turned to look at John......his eyes were shining, damp with pleasure and pride at what he had put together and was hearing for the first time.

John said "it's a pity that the first line of the play has to be said by the one member of the cast who us not drunk!"
"I am drunk, " Zero replied, "with sobriety!"

Letter from Peter Hall to Arnold Wesker
My dear Arnold, you mustn't stoop to being abusive. It's boring and will get a very important conversation nowhere.
AW reply... My dear Peter. If you think that my observation that your letter was hastily thrown together was an abusive comment then we're going to have a tense conversation.