Belief is a moral act for which the believer is to be held responsible.

Failure in the theater is more dramatic and uglier than any other form of writing. It costs so much, you feel so guilty.

Guilt is often an excuse for not thinking.

Decisions, particularly important ones, have always made me sleepy, perhaps because I know that I will have to make them by instinct, and thinking things out is only what other people tell me I should do.

But maybe half a lie is worse than a real lie.

Advances are made by those with at least a touch of irrational confidence in what they can do.

Truth made you a traitor as it often does in a time of scoundrels.