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

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.

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.

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

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.

All experience helps when you write.