Who is Maxwell Anderson?
Maxwell Anderson was an American playwright, best known for his play Both Your Houses. Born in 1888 in Pennsylvania, over the course of his 69 years he wrote 37 plays, and was associated with more than 30 films. He won numerous awards, including a Pulitzer Prize and two New York Drama Critics Circle Awards. In his early life, Maxwell Anderson adopted many of the pacifist ideals of the Quakers in Pennsylvania. He received a BA in English in 1911 from the University of North Dakota, and went on to teach English, running the high-school he taught at as well. He was let go only two years after taking the job for promoting pacifism among his students. He then went on to receive an MA in English from Stanford University, and returned to teaching, first at the high school level, then at Whittier College. He was again fired in 1918 for supporting a student who was pursuing conscientious objector status. The teaching route once again closed to him, Maxwell Anderson went on to pursue English in
MA: A simple guy living the best I can every day. VR: Where are you living these days? MA: I own a mobile home in Lawrenceville Georgia, just north of Atlanta VR: I know this is a hard question, but can you tell us what your life has been about? MA: My life is about growth, as all of our lives are; growth and contentment. I am continually evolving, growing older, hopefully getting wiser, and finding my own way and direction in life. My dreams and aspirations change with my priorities. My emotions rule me as they have always done and I have no regrets about that. I trust my heart more than my head on any given day. And although it may be painful at times, I know that in those moments, those times, I have felt alive and have truly lived. VR: When you were growing up and each morning you would look in the mirror did you feel that was the wrong person looking back at you? MA: I’ve never felt like I was the wrong person; I just didn’t look the way I thought I should. I was always this littl
