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

We all hope. It's what keeps us alive.

A stage play is basically a form of uber-schizophrenia. You split yourself into two minds - one being the protagonist and the other being the antagonist. The playwright also splits himself into two other minds: the mind of the writer and the mind of the audience.

I'm responding to the will of the people.

I'm entitled to my political opinions, and I get to vote because I'm an American.

The quality I most admire in a man is steadfastness.

I love working on a typewriter - the rhythm, the sound; it's like playing the piano, which I do, too.