Thou shalt not steal the shekels of thine audience with a play which doth not let them know what the hell goeth on.

Cynical? Thats my fascination. I do hateful things, for which people love me, And lovable things for which they hate me. I am a friend of enemies, the enemy of friends; I am admired for my detestability. I am both Poles and the Equator, with no Temperate Zones between.

A neurotic is a man who builds a castle in the air. A psychotic is the man who lives in it. A psychiatrist is the man who collects the rent.

I think enthusiasm is the answer to passionate writing.

Is it possible to be overzealous, to destroy that which you hope to save-so that nothing is left but emptiness.

Our only competition in the theater is boredom, because if I'm bored with a play, if I'm revolted by a play on stage, with the Broadway prices, especially today, I'm going to walk out and not come back and pay that price again.

The whole point of writing is to have something in your gut or in your soul or in your mind that's burning to be written.