Wilson Mizner

Wilson Mizner (May 19, 1876 – April 3, 1933) 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.

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    This little world, this little state, this little commonwealth of our own....
    —Woodrow Wilson (1856–1924)

    Be nice to people on your way up because you’ll meet them on your way down.
    —Wilson Mizner (1876–1933)