The secret of play-writing can be given in two maxims: stick to the point, and, whenever you can, cut.

The well dressed man is he whose clothes you never notice

He found that it was easy to make a heroic gesture, but hard to abide by its results.

What do we any of us have but our illusions? And what do we ask of others but that we be allowed to keep them?

Of all the hokum with which this country [America] is riddled, the most odd is the common notion that it is free of class distinctions.

When a woman loves you she's not satisfied until she possesses your soul. Because she's weak, she has a rage for domination, and nothing less will satisfy her.

Women are often under the impression that men are much more madly in love with them than they really are.