Wilson Mizner

Who was Wilson Mizner?

Wilson Mizner was an American playwright, raconteur, and entrepreneur. His best-known plays are The Deep Purple, produced in 1910, and The Greyhound, produced in 1912. He was manager and co-owner of The Brown Derby restaurant in Los Angeles, California, and was affiliated with his brother, Addison Mizner, in a series of scams and picaresque misadventures that inspired Stephen Sondheim's musical Road Show.

Famous Quotes:

• The worst tempered people I have ever met were those who knew that they were wrong.
• Don't talk about yourself; it will be done when you leave.
• Be nice to people on your way up because you'll meet them on your way down.
• The best way to keep your friends is not to give them away.
• Life is a tough proposition and the first hundred years are the hardest.
• I have known countless people who were reservoirs of learning, but never had a thought.
• A drama critic is a person who surprises the playwright by informing him what he meant.
• A fellow who is always declaring that he's no fool, usually has his suspicions.
• Popularity is exhausting. The life of the party almost always winds up in a corner with an overcoat over him.
• If you steal from one author, its plagiarism. If you steal from two, its research.