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.

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.

Darwin was Wrong! Man's still an ape.

I think enthusiasm is the answer to passionate writing.

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."

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.

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.