Hysteria is a natural phenomenon, the common denominator of the female nature. It's the female weapon and the test of a man is his ability to cope with it.

The trouble with this world is that everybody has to compromise and conform.

But I think the spirit of man is a good adversary

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.

When I was fourteen, my father decided to initiate me into the ways of manhood, and took me to the local whorehouse. The woman spread her legs, and made me look between them. All I could see was something that looked like a dyin' orchid; consequently, I have never been comfortable around women or orchids.

There is no pleasure in the world like writing well and going fast.

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