I am my own judge of what truths I shall tell. The truth can do just as much harm as a lie.

Many plays - certainly mine - are like blank checks. The actors and directors put their own signatures on them.

Comparisons of one's lot with others' teaches us nothing and enfeebles the will.

The difference between a little money and no money at all is enormous-and can shatter the world. And the difference between a little money and an enormous amount of money is very slight-and that, also, can shatter the world.

A living is made, Mr Kemper, by selling something that everybody needs at least once a year.Yes, sir! And a million ismade by producing something that everybody needs every day.You artists produce something that nobody needs at any time.

If you write to impress it will always be bad, but if you write to express it will be good

People a thousand years from now - this is the way we were in the provinces north of New York at the beginning of the 20th century. This is the way we were: in our growing up and in our marrying and in our living and in our living and in our dying.