If you want a job making toys, move to China.

The greatest trick Christianity ever pulled was convincing the world that Satan exists.

What do you believe reveals more about a man’s character, his arrogance or his attempt to disguise it?

When I am abroad I always make it a rule never to criticize or attack the government of my own country. I make up for lost time when I come home.

Look at me. My concerns-are they spiritual, do you think, or carnal? Come on. We've read our Shakespeare.

My ability to keep cool in a crisis is based entirely on not knowing all the facts.

There's a spiritual bond that connects all Souls: human, animal, and lower forms of life.

The only reason I went to college was to play basketball. I injured my knee and couldn't play.

If we communicated with something like music, we would never be misunderstood, because there is nothing in music to understand.

But Mousie, thou art no thy lane In proving foresight may be vain The best-laid schemes o' mice an' men Gang aft agley An' lea'e us nought but grief an' pain For promis'd joy!

We might remember ... not to fear death; it is the only way to be cleansed.

To me, the job of a playwright is to explore and bring to light our lives. You can't hold back; you have to give in to this. Sometimes, you say things people don't want to hear.

Of all manifestations of power, restraint impresses men most.