Progress has never been a bargain. You have to pay for it. Sometimes I think there's a man who sits behind a counter and says, "All right, you can have a telephone but you lose privacy and the charm of distance. Madam, you may vote but at a price. You lose the right to retreat behind the powder puff or your petticoat. Mister, you may conquer the air but the birds will lose their wonder and the clouds will smell of gasoline."

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

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

I think enthusiasm is the answer to passionate writing.

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.

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.

All experience helps when you write.