I think enthusiasm is the answer to passionate writing.

The man who has everything figured out is probably a fool.

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.

Darwin was Wrong! Man's still an ape.

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.

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.

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.