The government is not God. It does not have the right to take away that which it can't return even if it wants to.
A sweet lie is more gracious for us than a virulent but real truth.
The task of a writer is not to solve the problem but to state the problem correctly.
Even while lying, you'll be believed if you speak with authority.
A man wants nothing so badly as a gooseberry farm.
Let the things that happen on the stage be just as complex and yet just as simple as they are in life. For instance, people are having a meal, just having a meal, but at the same time their happiness is being created, or their lives are being smashed up.