Mendacity is a system that we live in," declares Brick. "Liquor is one way out an'death's the other.

Being disappointed is one thing and being discouraged is something else. I am disappointed but I am not discouraged.

The human animal is a beast that dies but the fact that he’s dying don’t give him pity for others.

We're all of us guinea pigs in the laboratory of God. Humanity is just a work in progress.

It's to a writer's advantage to contain within himself elements of each sex, or any sex. It's to his advantage because it makes him able to write from the female point of view as well as the male. In some cases, of course, you will find some homosexual writers who can only write from a f - - -'s point of view. But I don't regard myself as a f - - -! Some people may. Also audiences wanted escapism. They don't like too much protest or criticism of their way of life.

What is the victory of a cat on a hot tin roof? - I wish I knew... Just staying on it, I guess, as long as she can.

These are the intensities that one cannot live with, that he has to outgrow if he wants to survive. But who can help grieving for them? If the blood vessels could hold them, how much better to keep those early loves with us?