I have a tendency, after a play of mine is produced, to look back on it disparagingly, seeing only its faults; before production, I see only its virtues.

Religion is a way of walking, not a way of talking.

It takes strong men and women to love ... people strong enough inside themselves to love ... without humiliation.

From beasts we scorn as soulless, In forest, field and den, The cry goes up to witness The soulessness of men

The fact is that Americans are not a thoughtful people; they are too busy to stop and question their values.

Literature flourishes best when it is half a trade and half an art.

Oh, believe me. The greatest egos are those which are too egotistical to show just how egotistical they are.

I been talkin' with my buddy, and he thinks I'm virgin enough fer the two of us.

Of all tyrannies a country can suffer, the worst is the tyranny of the majority.

What is a socialist? One who has yearnings To share equal profits from unequal earnings.

Oh, yes. I'm terribly smart. Wouldn't it have been nice... to be intelligent?

Aaron snorted "That's so cheesy.""Well yeah. I am cheesy. I'm the king of cheese. You should know that by now.Aaron's eyes were dancing with amusement. "I prefer to call you classically romantic.

Yes, look at him, " Marisol said. "Sleeping in a hammock, waking before the sunrise to take care of poor people. He is so terrible.

In the electronic age, books, words and reading are not likely to remain sufficiently authoritative and central to knowledge to justify literature.

Business coaching and the personal development and self-help industry is considered to be one of the booming industries today.

Why is it that an extended olive branch often turns to a clinched fist of hatred?

I'll tell you one thing about me: I'm very private. I always have been private. People think I'm callous, arrogant. I didn't like the media attention.

If a film isn't really talking about who we are and what our psychologies are, then we're probably not that interested in it, actually.

I think that the inventors can do anything they want, and nobody can say anything otherwise.

Don't overact the story of your name. Overact the story of your work.

Never trust machinery more complicated than a knife and fork.