A high station in life is earned by the gallantry with which appalling experiences are survived with grace.

I have always been pushed by the negative. The apparent failure of a play sends me back to my typewriter that very night, before the reviews are out. I am more compelled to get back to work than if I had a success.

Morning can always be counted on to bring us back to a more realistic level.

It is, perhaps more than anything else, the arrest of time which has taken place in a completed work of art that gives certain plays their feeling of depth and significance.

The most dangerous word in any human tongue is the word for brother. It's inflammatory.

Glass breaks so easily. No matter how careful you are.

Not facing a fire doesn't put it out.