Amendment to live by-J.O.Y.Jesus first, Others second, Yourself last.

I can still feel my legs, thanks for asking. My back’s not even hurt that badly. Only as though I was just hit by a train.

I don't get along with anything, I really don't...I'm, I'm, maybe I'm just a, you know, incredibly tasteful human being.

Honestly, I was offended by the whole process.

Writing is not a profession. It's a calling. It's almost holy.

The film is made in the editing room.

It is easy to utter what has been kept silent, but impossible to recall what has been uttered.

Great abilities are not requisite for an Historian; for in historical composition, all the greatest powers of the human mind are quiescent.

In international affairs, you never threaten things you're not prepared to do.

History teaches the young the virtues of freedom. By apprising them of the past it will enable them to judge the future.

When I was first starting to write plays, I quite literally had never heard of the idea of studying playwriting. I wouldn't have studied it even if I had heard of it.