Is it possible to be overzealous, to destroy that which you hope to save-so that nothing is left but emptiness.

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

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.

All experience helps when you write.

Our only competition in the theater is boredom, because if I'm bored with a play, if I'm revolted by a play on stage, with the Broadway prices, especially today, I'm going to walk out and not come back and pay that price again.

When you lose the power to laugh, you lose your power to think straight.

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.