I am not interested in the ephemeral-such subjects as the adulteries of dentists. I am interested in those things that repeat and repeat and repeat in the lives of the millions. |
I know that every good and excellent thing in the world stands moment by moment on the razor-edge of danger and must be fought for... |
I rose by sheer military ability to the rank of corporal |
I was an old man when I was 12; and now I am an old man, AND IT'S SPLENDID! |
I would love to be the poet laureate of Coney Island. |
If I wasn't an actor, I'd be a secret agent. |
It Can't Happen Here. |
It is only in appearance that time is a river. It is rather a vast landscape and it is the eye of the beholder that moves. |
It is very necessary to have markers of beauty left in a world seemingly bent on making the most evil ugliness. |
Literature is the orchestration of platitudes. |
Love is an energy which exists of itself. It is its own value. |
Man is not an end but a beginning. We are at the beginning of the second week. We are children of the eighth day. |
Many great writers have been extraordinarily awkward in daily exchange, but the greatest give the impression that their style was nursed by the closest attention to colloquial speech. |
Many plays-certainly mine-are like blank checks. The actors and directors put their own signatures on them. |
Many plays-certainly mine-are like blank checks. The actors and directors put their own signatures on them. |