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

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.

I think enthusiasm is the answer to passionate writing.

All motion is relative. Maybe it's you who've moved away by standing still.

An idea is a greater monument than a cathedral. And the advance of man's knowledge is more of a miracle than any sticks turned to snakes, or the parting of waters!

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.

The whole point of writing is to have something in your gut or in your soul or in your mind that's burning to be written.