When the house of a great one collapses Many little ones are slain.

Art is not a mirror held up to reality but a hammer with which to shape it.

He who fights, can lose. He who doesn't fight, has already lost.

Don't expect the theatre to satisfy the habits of its audience, but to change them.

Everyone chases after happiness, not noticing that happiness is right at their heels.

Bank robbery is an initiative of amateurs. True professionals establish a bank.

Who does Not Know the Truth, is simply a Fool... Yet who Knows the Truth and Calls it a Lie, is a Criminal.

Love is also like a coconut which is good while it is fresh, but you have to spit it out when the juice is gone, what's left tastes bitter.

It is not enough to demand insight and informative images of reality from the theater. Our theater must stimulate a desire for understanding, a delight in changing reality.

Don't be afraid of death so much as an inadequate life.

Would it not be simpler If the Government dissolved the people and elected another?

To be an end in myself is to bring an end to myself.

Passion is born of vague hopes.

A pen on paper is the ideal way for me. I am not really very comfortable with machines; I never learned to type very well.

I feel this way about a lot of movies, that the characters are idealized versions of people. For better or worse, I am as fascinated with human flaws as anything.

The way of the pioneer is always rough.

There have been waves of reform in the past. I see no reason why they wouldn't happen again.

Winning the lottery is winning the lottery. It's highly unlikely and very unusual.

When I retire I'm going to spend my evenings by the fireplace going through those boxes. There are things in there that ought to be burned.

The man who stops advertising to save money is like the man who stops the clock to save time.

Germany will militarize herself out of existence, England will expand herself out of existence, and America will spend herself out of existence.