Reading is an escape people use in order to get away from reality. It is a chance to be free and explore who you are.

Don't wait to be compelled to do great work.

It's important to remember that, first and foremost, if not only, this is entertainment. 'The West Wing' isn't meant to be good for you.

I am a playwright. I show What I have seen. In the man markets I have seen how men are traded. That I show, I, the playwright.

You always think, no matter how many times you fail, that the next time you will succeed. Otherwise you wouldn't keep trying.

I am always successful in my work.

If the ancient churches, in debating and deciding the greatest mysteries of religion, knew nothing of these two texts, I understand not why we should be so fond of them now the debate is over.

The question of whether a thing is right or wrong, good or bad, must always be considered in relation to a persons needs.

There's rampant sexism, of course there is! It just goes without saying. Every woman in the workplace knows this; [every woman] in the workplace has to work harder than a man to prove themselves.

We don't have to expect everything from those who govern us; that would be juvenile.

Let us help one another to bear our burdens.