That is sad until one recalls how many bad books the world may yet be spared because of the busyness of writers.

The theater needs continual reminders that there is nothing more debasing than the work of those who do well what is not worth doing at all.

Half of the American people have never read a newspaper. Half never voted for President. One hopes it is the same half.

God, or what have you, will not be found at the far end of a syllogism, no matter how brilliantly phrased or conceived.

Each writer is born with a repertory company in his head. Shakespeare has perhaps 20 players. ... I have 10 or so, and thats a lot. As you get older, you become more skillful at casting them.

Democracy is something America has never really practiced. Because the Founding Fathers hated two things: monarchy and democracy. They wanted a republic, a replica of the Roman or Venetian republics. They didn't even like the etymology of the word "democracy."

I'm in favor of sexual encounters.