Lillian Hellman

"Failure in the theater is more dramatic and uglier than any other form of writing. It costs so much, you feel so guilty."

"I like people who refuse to speak until they are ready to speak."

"It is a mark of many famous people that they cannot part with their brightest hour."

"It is best to act with confidence, no matter how little right you have to it."

"It is not good to see people who have been pretending strength all their lives lose it even for a minute."

"My father was often angry when I was most like him."

"Success isn't everything but it makes a man stand straight."

"Unjust. How many times I've used that word, scolded myself with it. All I mean by it now is that I don't have the final courage to say that I refuse to preside over violations against myself, and to hell with justice."