The planting of trees is the least self-centered of all that we can do. It is a purer act of faith than the procreation of children.

The dead don't stay interested in us living people for very long. Gradually, gradually, they let go hold of the earth . . . and the ambitions they had . . . and the things they suffered . . . and the people they loved. They get weaned away from the earth - that's the way I put it - weaned away.

The comic spirit is given to us in order that we may analyze, weigh, and clarify things in us which nettle us, or which we are outgrowing, or trying to reshape

In advertising, not to be different is virtual suicide.

Characterization in a play is like a blank check which the dramatist accords to the actor for him to fill in.

Those who are silent, self-effacing and attentive become the recipients of confidences.

When you're at war, you think about a better life; when you're at peace you think about a more comfortable one.