They have a desire to put on plays and to fulfill that traditional role of a theater in a community: to be the place where people go to hear the truth.

Films have degenerated to their original operation as carnival amusement - they offer not drama but thrills.

The Oscars demonstrate the will of the people to control and judge those they have elected to stand above them (much, perhaps, as in bygone days, an election celebrated the same).

Every scene should be able to answer three questions: "Who wants what from whom? What happens if they don't get it? Why now?"

When the three branches of government have failed to represent the citizenry and the mass of the media has failed to represent the citizenry, then the citizenry better represent the citizenry.

Forget narrative, backstory, characterisation, exposition, all of that. Just make the audience want to know what happens next.

It is the writer’s job to make the play interesting. It is the actor’s job to make the performance truthful.

Opportunity may knock, but it seldom nags.

We must have a pie. Stress cannot exist in the presence of a pie.

People may or may not say what they mean... but they always say something designed to get what they want.

Being a writer in Hollywood is like going to Hitler's Eagle Nest with a great idea for a bar mitzvah.

When you have eliminated all which is impossible, then whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.

You want to be popular? It’s easy to do. Just be a total weirdo and love yourself for it.

Faith does not make things happen. It merely breeds perseverance

To have no set purpose in one's life is harlotry of the will.

I wasn't passionate about food until I'd been cooking for a while. I started long before food became part of the mainstream media. I just wanted to cook, period.

(The) chain of command has failed over the years, obviously, for a lot of reasons.

The nations of the world will have to unite for the next war will be an interplanetary war. The nations of Earth must some day make a common front against attack by people from other planets.

You can only lose what you cling to.

The death of honest and courageous a reporter leaves America a little more vulnerable.

If you asked central casting in Hollywood for somebody to play the role of President, they'd send you John Connally.