A Chinaman of the T'ang Dynasty—and, by which definition, a philosopher—dreamed he was a butterfly, and from that moment he was never quite sure that he was not a butterfly dreaming it was a Chinese philosopher. Envy him; in his two-fold security.

Act first! The ideas will follow, and if not - well, it's progress

Theater is still a medium which attracts young writers. You'd think that it would be all over by now, with television and film. But it's not.

All mystical experience is coincidence; and vice versa, of course.

Skill without imagination is craftsmanship and gives us many useful objects such as wickerwork picnic baskets. Imagination without skill gives us modern art.

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

I should have the courage of my lack of convictions.