what's life good fer anyhow? The minute you crawl into the world for no good reason of yer own, it's got you licked four ways from the ace.

The finest woman that ever walked the streets.

When you think about it, what other playwrights are there besides O'Neill, Tennessee and me?

Your real security is yourself. You know you can do it, and they can't ever take that away from you.

Reason was nowhere, time was an immovable object nailed high on the wall, except where the world kept shop.

Virtue has its own reward, but no sale at the box office.

I have never loved a man as much as I have loved myself