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

Val: Why do you go out there? Sandra: Because dead people give such good advice. Val: What advice do they give? Sandra: Just one word- live!

I cannot write any sort of story unless there is at least one character in it for whom I have physical desire.

I believe the way to write a good play is to convince yourself it is easy to do, then go ahead and do it with ease.

Devils can be driven out of the heart by the touch of a hand on a hand, or a mouth on a mouth.

How long does it have to go on? This punishment? Haven't I done time enough, haven't I served my term? can't I apply for a-pardon?

Life is partly what we make it, and partly what it is made by the friends we choose.