“If you don't think too good, don't think too much.”

“Baseball is the only field of endeavor where a man can succeed three times out of ten and be considered a good performer. ”

“No one has come up with a substitute for hard work.”

“Nobody knew my rose of the world but me... I had too much glory. They don't want glory like that in nobody's heart”

“Don't take life TOO serious you can't get out alive anyhow.”

“I believe the way to write a good play is to convince yourself it is easy to do--then go ahead and do it with ease. Don't maul, don't suffer, don't groan till the first draft is finished. A play is a pheonix and it dies a thousand deaths. Usually at night. In the morning it springs up again from its ashes and crows like a happy rooster. It is never as bad as you think, it is never as good. It is somewhere in between, and success or failure depends on which end of your emotional gamut concerning its value it approaches more closely. But it is much more likely to be good if you think it is wonderful while you are writing the first draft. An artist must believe in himself. Your belief is contagious. Others may say he is vain, but they are affected.”

“And it's not just a matter of you hurting me. I will hurt you too, even if I don't want to, I'm not the girl you think I am. And you will remember this conversation , and wish that you'd listened to me.”