Sorrow makes for sincerity, I think.

I saw that it was all over, put away in a box like a doll no longer cared for, the magical intimacy of our childhood together

In human character, simplicity doesn't exist except among simpletons.

And then the searchlight which had been turned on the world was turned off again and never for one moment since has there been any light that's stronger than this-kitchen-candle.

My '60s plays were as good as most of the other plays I've written ... except I wasn't in a condition to refine them, to help in the rehearsal, or do anything. I was hardly conscious of what was going on except during the hours of the day when I was actually writing ... and that was with the aid of speed.

The Venus flytrap, a devouring organism, aptly named for the goddess of love.

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