I've always had great satisfaction out of writing the plays. I've not always had great satisfaction out of seeing them produced-although often I've had satisfaction there. When things go well in production, on opening there's no nicer feeling in the world-what could be nicer than watching an audience respond? You can't that from a book. It's a fine feeling to walk into the theater and see living people respond to something you've done.

I don't think many writers like their best-known piece of work, particularly when it was written a long time ago.

Freedom costs you a great deal.

You lose your manners when you're poor.

Cynicism is an unpleasant way of saying the truth.

as one grows older, one realizes how little one knows about any relationship, or even about oneself.

Maybe money is unreal for most of us, easier to give away than things we want.