I say that you cannot administer a wicked law impartially. You can only destroy. You can only punish. I warn you that a wicked law, like cholera, des….

Thou shalt not steal the shekels of thine audience with a play which doth not let them know what the hell goeth on..

You must not demand the failure of your peers, because the more good things that are around in film, in television, in theater - why the better it is….

It's always such a joy that you wake up in the morning and there's work to do..

A neurotic is a man who builds a castle in the air. A psychotic is the man who lives in it. A psychiatrist is the man who collects the rent..

Progress has never been a bargain. You have to pay for it. Sometimes I think there's a man who sits behind a counter and says, "All right, you can ha….

All motion is relative. Maybe it's you who've moved away by standing still..

Cynical? Thats my fascination. I do hateful things, for which people love me, And lovable things for which they hate me. I am a friend of enemies, th….

In no instance is there to be a musical or opera of Inherit the Wind because it doesn't sing. It's an intellectual play..

Our only competition in the theater is boredom, because if I'm bored with a play, if I'm revolted by a play on stage, with the Broadway prices, espec….

An idea is a greater monument than a cathedral. And the advance of man's knowledge is more of a miracle than any sticks turned to snakes, or the part….

I think enthusiasm is the answer to passionate writing..

If you're going to make a musical, don't cartoon it from the play. Make it better than the play. Have a reason for making it sing..

Don't have any opinions. They're bad for business..

All experience helps when you write..

Is it possible to be overzealous, to destroy that which you hope to save-so that nothing is left but emptiness..

When you lose the power to laugh, you lose your power to think straight..

The aftermath of the war is what inspired us to write many of our plays. The whole reason for our writing Inherit the Wind was that we were appalled ….

The man who has everything figured out is probably a fool..

The whole point of writing is to have something in your gut or in your soul or in your mind that's burning to be written..

Darwin was Wrong! Man's still an ape..