Some mystery should be left in the revelation of character in a play, just as a great deal of mystery is always left in the revelation of character in life, even in one's own character to himself.

The work of a writer, his continuing work, depends for breath of life on a certain privacy of heart.

I talk out the lines as I write them.

I can't expose a human weakness on the stage unless I know it through having it myself.

Well, honey, a shot never does a coke any harm!

I saw that it was all over, put away in a box like a doll no longer cared for, the magical intimacy of our childhood together

You'll be surprised how infinitely merciful they [these tablets] are. The prescription number is 96814. I think of it as the telephone number of God!