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.

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.

All experience helps when you write.

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.

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.

I think enthusiasm is the answer to passionate writing.

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.