The theatre is the best way of showing the gap between what is said and what is seen to be done, and that is why, ragged and gap-toothed as it is, it has still a far healthier potential than some poorer, abandoned arts.

Children always turn to the light.

Never take advice from anyone with no investment in the outcome.

The great mystery of adaptation is that true fidelity can only be achieved through lavish promiscuity.

The future of American film lies on television.

No one but a fool is always right.

The actual business of writing dialogue is not thought of as a craft.