"I have always been pushed by the negative. The apparent failure of a play sends me back to my typewriter that very night, before the reviews are out. I am more compelled to get back to work than if I had a success."

"To be free is to have achieved your life."

"Revolution begins in putting on bright colors."

"Why did I write? Because I found life unsatisfactory."

"I am the opposite of a stage magician. He gives you illusion that has the appearance of truth. I give you truth in the pleasant disguise of illusion."

"Most of the confidence which I appear to feel, especially when influenced by noon wine, is only a pretense."

"All good art is an indiscretion."