The terror and beauty of the dream come from the connection of previously unrelated mundanities of life.

Any claim to actual identification as a drama must rest upon the construction of a plot independent of the assignment of affliction to the protagonist.

I hate vacations. There's nothing to do.

Culture exists and evolves to relegate to habit categories of interactions the constant conscious reference to which would make human interaction impossible.

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

When we fear things I think that we wish for them ... every fear hides a wish

You wanna know how to get Capone? They pull a knife, you pull a gun. He sends one of yours to the hospital, you send one of his to the morgue. That's the Chicago way! And that's how you get Capone.