I say that you cannot administer a wicked law impartially. You can only destroy. You can only punish. I warn you that a wicked law, like cholera, destroys everyone it touches - its upholders as well as its defiers.

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.

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.

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.

It's always such a joy that you wake up in the morning and there's work to do.

Darwin was Wrong! Man's still an ape.

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