The mission of the playwright is to look in his heart and write, to write whatever concerns him at the moment to write with passion and conviction. Of course the measure of the man will be the measure of the play

I write-down to speak-up

In America the majority raises formidable barriers around the liberty of opinion; within these barriers an author may write what he pleases, but woe to him if he goes beyond them

My sole literary ambition is to write one good novel, then retire to my hut in the desert, assume the lotus position, compose my mind and senses, and sink into meditation, contemplating my novel

Action is greater than writing. A good man is a nobler object of contemplation than a great author. There are but two things worth living for: to do what is worthy of being written and to write what is worthy of being read and the

Life is a series of commas, not periods

I write against the religion because if women want to live like human beings, they will have to live outside the religion and Islamic law

People say I give the best head, and they're not always talking about sex

Let Catholic writers take care when defending the cause of the proletariat and the poor not to use language calculated to inspire among the people aversion to the upper classes of society