The poetry from the eighteenth century was prose; the prose from the seventeenth century was poetry.

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

The ultimate tendency of civilization is towards barbarism.

Smiles are the language of love.

The most important playwright's gift is to hit your time and speak to your time.

Purity is the feminine, truth the masculine of honor.

You cant get a contemporary story about what is going on inside government, and how society sees itself, on American TV.