一个社会进步的真正标准在于它如何对待最弱势的群体。

哲学的本质不是拥有真理，而是寻找真理。

The only sensible ends of literature are, first, the pleasurable toil of writing; second, the gratification of one's family and friends; and lastly, the solid cash.

The writer is the enemy of all dictatorships, whether of the left or of the right.

我从未能写出一部快乐的戏剧。我不能。我可以写一部有趣的戏剧，但不是一部快乐的戏剧。

Knowledge is power.

"The truth is rarely pure and never simple."