the convictions of Hollywood and television are made of boiled money.

For every man who lives without freedom, the rest of us must face the guilt.

I'm good at embroidery. It's what I always wanted to do.... Yep, instead of whoring, I just wanted to do fancy embroidery.

But success and failure are not true opposites, and they're not even in the same class. I mean, they're not even a couch and a chair.

I cannot and will not cut my conscience to fit this year's fashions.

A room of one's own isn't nearly enough. A house, or, best, an island of one's own.

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.