Symbols are nothing but the natural speech of drama.

It is only in his work that an artist can find reality and satisfaction, for the actual world is less intense than the world of his invention and consequently his life, without recourse to violent disorder, does not seem very substantial. The right condition for him is that in which his work in not only convenient but unavoidable.

For nowadays the world is lit by lightning! Blow out your candles, Laura -- and so goodbye. . . .

You can be young without money but you can't be old without it.

Oh, you weak, beautiful people who give up with such grace. What you need is someone to take hold of you--gently, with love, and hand your life back to you, like something gold you let go of--and I can! I'm determined to do it--and nothing's more determined than a cat on a tin roof--is there?

For time is the longest distance between two places.

attempting to find in motion what was lost in space.