When You Lose The Power To Laugh,

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 Have A Telephone But You Lose Privacy And The Charm Of Distance. Madam, You May Vote But At A Price. You Lose The Right To Retreat Behind The Powder Puff Or Your Petticoat. Mister, You May Conquer The Air But The Birds Will Lose Their Wonder And The Clouds Will Smell Of Gasoline."

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.

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, Destroys Everyone It Touches - Its Upholders As Well As Its Defiers.

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 For All Of Us.

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.