“An artist must believe in himself – Possibly not so passionately as Lawrence – but passionately.”

The biggest of all differences in this world is between the ones that had or have pleasure in love and those that haven’t and hadn’t any pleasure in love, but just watched with sick envy.

All cruel people describe themselves as paragons of frankness.

Nothing’s more determined than a cat on a hot tin roof.

The future is called ‘perhaps,’ which is the only possible thing to call the future. And the important thing is not to allow that to scare you.

Just tell the story and go on to the next one. All of us are full of stories the world might want to hear.

Success and failure are equally disastrous.

The helpless can’t help the helpless.

Talent? What is talent but the ability to get away with something?

Life is an unanswered question, but let’s still believe in the dignity and importance of the question.

How long does it have to go on? This punishment? Haven’t I done time enough, haven’t I served my term? can’t I apply for a-pardon?

Death is one moment, and life is so many of them.

I believe the way to write a good play is to convince yourself it is easy to do, then go ahead and do it with ease.

We’ve had this date with each other from the beginning.

Living with someone you love can be lonelier than living entirely alone, if the on that you love doesn’t love you.

A high station in life is earned by the gallantry with which appalling experiences are survived with grace.

Yes, I have tricks in my pocket, I have things up my sleeve. But I am the opposite of a stage magician.