The Devil is precise; the marks of his presence are definite as stone.

Let you look sometimes for the goodness in me, and judge me not.

Those who formally rule take their signals and commands not from the electorate as a body, but from a small group of men. This group will be called the Establishment. It exists even though that existence is stoutly denied. It is one of the secrets of the American social order... A second secret is the fact that the existence of the Establishment - the ruling class - is not supposed to be discussed.

How to live had started out as an analytical problem of how to place himself so as to intercept the flow of money in the society.

Betrayal is the only truth that sticks.

The play is really a kind of nightmare. It ought to flow rapidly and effortlessly from one moment to another. In London, we had difficulty with the set, which required too much effort to move around. Having gotten the benefit of seeing it done once, I wanted to work on the script, to make it sharper and more pointed.

The famous are balloons far up in the sky, to be envied for their quiet freedom or shot down as enemies.