There is not a more repulsive spectacle than on old man who will not forsake the world, which has already forsaken him.

The young feel tired at the end of an action, the old at the beginning.

And voices singing out of empty cisterns and exhausted wells.

There is no method but to be very intelligent.

No! I am not Prince Hamlet, nor was meant to be; Am an attendant lord, one that will do To swell a progress, start a scene or two, Advise the prince; no doubt, an easy tool, Deferential, glad to be of use, Politic, cautious, and meticulous; Full of high sentence, but a bit obtuse; At times, indeed, almost ridiculous— Almost, at times, the Fool.

Playwriting gets into your blood and you can't stop it. At least not until the producers or the public tell you to.

All dash to and fro in motor cars. Familiar with the roads and settled nowhere.