Because children grow up, we think a child's purpose is to grow up. But a child's purpose is to be a child

A writer doesn't really have much of a function on a movie set.

Each move is dictated by the previous one--that is the meaning of order

In the theater there is often a tension, almost a contradiction, between the way real people would think and behave, and a kind of imposed dramaticness.

It is better to be quotable than to be honest.

It is better of course to know useless things than to know nothing.

I take every possible side.