I hold we cannot be said to be aware of our minds save under responsibility.

[Whenever] you get near the human race, there's layers and layers of nonsense.

There is no need for me to curse you -the murderer survives the victim only to learn that it was himself that he longed to be rid of. Hatred is self-hatred.

A dramatist is one who believes that the pure event, an action involving human beings, is more arresting than any comment that can be made upon it.

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

Life is a fatal adventure. It can only have one end. So why not make it as far-ranging and free as possible.

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