“I'm not living with you. We occupy the same cage. (Maggie)”

“Maggie, we're through with lies and liars in this house. Lock the door.”

“A prayer for the wild at heart kept in cages.”

“Caged birds accept each other, but flight is what they long for.”

“Q.Why don't you write about nice people? Haven't you ever known any nice people in your life?A.My theory about nice people is so simple that I am embarrassed to say it.Q.Please say it.A.Well, I've never met one that I couldn't love if I completely knew him and understood him, and in my work I have at least tried to arrive at knowledge and understanding.I don't believe in 'original sin'. I don't believe in 'guilt'. I don't believe in villains or heroes - only right or wrong ways that individuals have taken, not by choice but by necessity or by certain still-uncomprehended influences in themselves, their circumstances, and their antecedents.This is so simple I'm ashamed to say it, but I'm sure it's true. In fact, I would bet my life on it! And that's why I don't understand why our propaganda machines are always trying to teach us, to persuade us, to hate and fear other people on the same little world that we live in.Why don't we meet these people and get to know them as I try to meet and know people in my plays?”

“Living with someone you love can be lonelier than living entirely alone, if the one that you love doesn't love you.”

“Mendacity is a system that we live in," declares Brick. "Liquor is one way out an'death's the other.”