A nation is a society united by a delusion about its ancestry and by common hatred of its neighbours.

Man, as we know him, is a poor creature; he is halfway between an ape and a god and he is travelling in the right direction.

Theater is, of course, a reflection of life. Maybe we have to improve life before we can hope to improve theater.

"This is old, therefore it is good"; the other says, "This is new, therefore it is better."

Literature flourishes best when it is half a trade and half an art.

We have enslaved the rest of the animal creation, and have treated our distant cousins in fur and feathers so badly that beyond doubt, if they were able to formulate a religion, they would depict the Devil in human form.

The command, 'Be fruitful and multiply', was promulgated, according to our authorities, when the population of the world consisted of two persons.