The frivolity with which all theatrical activity is conducted has one consoling feature-there are no rules of behavior that apply regularly to any part of the theatre.

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.

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

Oh well... I'd just been thinking, if you had died, you'd have been welcome to share my toilet.

You are backed by great power. Press onwards, you will succeed.

The image of the journalist as wallflower at the orgy has been replaced by the journalist as the life of the party.

I loved scary movies growing up.

If you can fly, don't stop at the sky, 'cause there's footprints on the moon!

The liberation cannot be reached but by means of the perception of the identity of the individual spirit with the universal spirit.

The only difference between a RICH person and a POOR person is how they use their time.

Young men now want to be caregivers as well as earners so they have joined with women in demanding a different compact at work; they want flex and time for family too.

Great men are the commissioned guides of mankind, who rule their fellows because they are wiser.

God has granted me today a very particular fondness for requesting of Him that same virtue of ever choosing the worst and that which is contrary to my own liking.