I would lay down my life for this ice cream.''Wow. That's an endorsement. If I ever decide to mass produce, I'll have to put that on the carton.

For all its accolades and celebrated recognition as sound guidance, I have personally noticed that sometimes, 'follow your heart, ' is really bad advice.

A man may, if he knows not how to save as he gets, keep his nose to the grindstone.

I thought you were sane," I said, "but you're just as crazy as the rest of them.

To imagine the unimaginable is the highest use of the imagination

Cowardice, as distinguished from panic, is almost always simply a lack of ability to suspend the functioning of the imagination.

If a man lives a pure life, nothing can destroy him.

Any woman who wishes to smash into the world of men isn't very feminine.

It is within the established American tradition of satire, if America surrenders on this point, the freedom of speech is a relic of history.

Figure out for yourself what you want to be really good at, know that you'll never really satisfy yourself that you've made it, and accept that that's okay.

Writing plays for me is often an act of looking at basement-level fears in terms of where they come from.