Pride, avarice, and envy are in every home.

Money is like manure; it's not worth a thing unless it's spread around encouraging young things to grow.

Literature is the orchestration of platitudes.

I am convinced that, except in a few extraordinary cases, one form or another of an unhappy childhood is essential to the formation of exceptional gifts.

I have inherited this burden of superstition and nonsense. I govern innumerable men but must acknowledge that I am governed by birds and thunderclaps

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

The best part of married life is the fights. The rest is merely so-so.