The biggest of all differences in this world is between the ones that had or have pleasure in love and those that haven't and hadn't any pleasure in love, but just watched with sick envy.

We have to distrust each other. It is our only defense against betrayal.

Sorrow makes for sincerity, I think.

Most of the confidence which I appear to feel, especially when influenced by noon wine, is only a pretense.

Maggie, we're through with lies and liars in this house. Lock the door.

What shouldn't you do if you're a young playwright? Don't bore the audience! I mean, even if you have to resort to totally arbitrary killing on stage, or pointless gunfire, at least it'll catch their attention and keep them awake. Just keep the thing going any way you can.

Death is one moment, and life is so many of them.