Can you think of anything worse one can do to anybody than take away their worship?

Rehearsing a play is making the word flesh. Publishing a play is reversing the process.

The Normal is the good smile in a child’s eyes - all right. It is also the dead stare in a million adults.

The best of Mozart's works cannot be even slightly rewritten without diminishment.

I speak for all mediocrities in the world. I am their champion. I am their patron saint.

And in fact, I think one of the best guides to telling you who you are, and I think children use it all the time for this purpose, is fantasy.

I think I did have fantasies about being an actor. In fact, I know I did.