When you lose the power to laugh, you lose your power to think straight.

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

If you're going to make a musical, don't cartoon it from the play. Make it better than the play. Have a reason for making it sing.

The aftermath of the war is what inspired us to write many of our plays. The whole reason for our writing Inherit the Wind was that we were appalled at the blacklisting. We were appalled at thought control.

You must not demand the failure of your peers, because the more good things that are around in film, in television, in theater - why the better it is for all of us.

When you lose the power to laugh, you lose your power to think straight.

All motion is relative. Maybe it's you who've moved away by standing still.