Oh, yes. I'm terribly smart. Wouldn't it have been nice... to be intelligent?

Religion is a way of walking, not a way of talking.

It takes strong men and women to love ... people strong enough inside themselves to love ... without humiliation.

From beasts we scorn as soulless, In forest, field and den, The cry goes up to witness The soulessness of men

The fact is that Americans are not a thoughtful people; they are too busy to stop and question their values.

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

I have a tendency, after a play of mine is produced, to look back on it disparagingly, seeing only its faults; before production, I see only its virtues.

Oh, believe me. The greatest egos are those which are too egotistical to show just how egotistical they are.

I been talkin' with my buddy, and he thinks I'm virgin enough fer the two of us.

Of all tyrannies a country can suffer, the worst is the tyranny of the majority.

What is a socialist? One who has yearnings To share equal profits from unequal earnings.

The world is full of broken people who think they are surrounded by whole people.

Depend on the rabbit's foot if you will, but remember it didn't work for the rabbit

How is it Lord that we are cowards in everything save in opposing thee?

I believe in Las Vegas. I think its best days are ahead of it. But I'm afraid to do anything in the current political environment in the United States.

I think I wanted to write a book about the relationship between the victim and perpetrator in which the victim agrees to remain silent.

I'm an Aries. I need everybody to like me.

The best thing about being a Yankee is getting to watch Reggie Jackson play every day. The worst thing about being a Yankee? Getting to watch Reggie Jackson play every day

Any person who wants to govern the world is by definition the wrong person to do it.

Who can ever be alone for a moment in Italy? Every stone has a voice, every grain of dust seems instinct with spirit from the Past, every step recalls some line, some legend of long-neglected lore.

Would you rather die, or be unwound?