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" The Duke: This La Mancha—what is it like?

The Governor: An empty place. Great wide plains.

Prisoner: A desert.

The Governor: A wasteland.

The Duke: Which apparently grows lunatics.

Cervantes: I would say, rather...men of illusion.

The Duke: Much the same. Why are you poets so fascinated with madmen?

Cervantes: I suppose...we have much in common.

The Duke: You both turn your backs on life.

Cervantes: We both select from life what pleases us. "

Dale Wasserman , Man of La Mancha


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Dale Wasserman quote : The Duke: This La Mancha—what is it like?<br /><br />The Governor: An empty place. Great wide plains.<br /><br />Prisoner: A desert.<br /><br />The Governor: A wasteland.<br /><br />The Duke: Which apparently grows lunatics.<br /><br />Cervantes: I would say, rather...men of illusion.<br /><br />The Duke: Much the same. Why are you poets so fascinated with madmen?<br /><br />Cervantes: I suppose...we have much in common.<br /><br />The Duke: You both turn your backs on life.<br /><br />Cervantes: We both select from life what pleases us.