The drama may be called that part of theatrical art which lends itself most readily to intellectual discussion: what is left is theater.

It was as though she was an exile from a world that saw things her way

Secrets are the blood of life. Every big thing is a secret, even when you know it, because you never know all of it. If you can know everything about anything, it is not worth knowing.

You're all mad for words. Words are just farts from a lot of fools who have swallowed too many books. Give me things!

I do not really like vacations. I much prefer an occasional day off when I do not feel like working. When I am confronted with a whole week in which I have nothing to do but enjoy myself I do not know where to begin. To me, enjoyment comes fleetingly and unheralded; I cannot determinedly enjoy myself for a whole week at a time.

Boredom and stupidity and patriotism, especially when combined, are three of the greatest evils of the world we live in.

The whole world is burdened with young fogies. Old men with ossified minds are easily dealt with. But men who look young, act young, and everlastingly harp on the fact they are young, but who nevertheless think and act with a degree of caution which would be excessive in their grandfathers, are the curses of the world.