In no instance is there to be a musical or opera of Inherit the Wind because it doesn't sing. It's an intellectual play.

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.

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."

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

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.

Darwin was Wrong! Man's still an ape.