Playwriting, like begging in India, is an honorable but humbling profession.

All the mistakes I ever made were when I wanted to say 'No' and said 'Yes'.

The self-hatred that destroys is the waste of unfulfilled promise.

The only credential the city asked was the boldness to dream. For those who did, it unlocked its gates and its treasures, not caring who they were or where they came from.

I have had many successes and many failures in my life. My successes have always been for different reasons, but my failures have always been for the same reason: I said yes when I meant no.

You'd be surprised how many kings are only a queen with a moustache.

There's nothing the matter with Hollywood that a good earthquake couldn't cure.

One of the grave dangers inherent in the various stages of any theatrical career-whether it be budding, quiescent or diminishing-is the advice of friends.

Poor people know poor people, and rich people know rich people. It is one of the few things La Rochefoucauld did not say, but then La Rochefoucauld never lived in the Bronx.

Far more quickly than reason and logic, irony can penetrate rage and puncture self-pity.

Julie Andrews has a wonderful British strength that makes you wonder why they lost India.

Don't try to solve serious matters in the middle of the night.

So high is my Lord’s palace, my heart trembles to mount its stairs: yet I must not be shy, if I would enjoy His love.

Freedom and constraint are two aspects of the same necessity, the necessity of being the man you are and not another. You are free to be that man, but not another.

But celebrity really doesn't mean anything unless you use it for finding some way to give back and I've always felt that way.

Love someone too much to help them prevent making a mistake.

The language of religion can alone suit every situation and every mode of feeling.

The greatest enemy of progress is your last success, you could become so proud of what you've already accomplished that you stop moving ahead to what you can still accomplish

I report the truth of what is happening here in Baghdad and will not apologize for it.

I don't wear heels every day, but when I'm out, that's how I feel confident.

A frog in a well cannot conceive of the ocean.