Carolina Quotes
[T]he artist, the playwright, he can never put life down just as it is. He interprets it.
Paul Green Carolinian
Source
Oral history interview with Jacquelyn Hall, May 30, 1975, Southern Oral History Program (B-0005-3), UNC-Chapel Hill
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- 1975
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“the artist, the playwright, he can never put life down just …” Paul Green. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-185BB7DDA1. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/185bb7dda1
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