Quotes from Jerome Lawrence

Is it possible to be overzealous, to destroy that which you hope to save-so that nothing is left but emptiness.

You don't suppose this kind of thing is ever finished, do you? Tomorrow it'll be something else-and another fella will have to stand up. And you've helped give him the guts to do it!

Why? Because I refuse to erase a man's lifetime? I tell you Brady had the same right as Cates: the right to be wrong!

He weighs the volume in his hand; this one has been the center of the whirlwind. Then DRUMMOND notices the Bible on the JUDGE's bench. He picks up the Bible in his other hand; he looks from one volume to the other, balancing them thoughtfully, as if his hands were scales. He half-smiles, half-shrugs. Then DRUMMOND slaps the two books together and jams them in his brief case, side by side. Slowly, he climbs to the street level and crosses the empty square.

He that troubleth his own house...shall inherit the wind.

It frightens me to imagine the state of learning in this world if everyone had your driving curiosity.

We must look hopeful.

If the enemy sends it's Goliath into battle, it magnifies our cause.

If my own brother challenged the faith of millions, I would oppose him.

Time and space are awash here.

In no instance is there to be a musical or opera of Inherit the Wind because it doesn't sing. It's an intellectual play.

The aftermath of the war is what inspired us to write many of our plays. The whole reason for our writing Inherit the Wind was that we were appalled at the blacklisting. We were appalled at thought control.

Our only competition in the theater is boredom, because if I'm bored with a play, if I'm revolted by a play on stage, with the Broadway prices, especially today, I'm going to walk out and not come back and pay that price again.

The whole point of writing is to have something in your gut or in your soul or in your mind that's burning to be written.

If you're going to make a musical, don't cartoon it from the play. Make it better than the play. Have a reason for making it sing.

The man who has everything figured out is probably a fool.

Darwin was Wrong! Man's still an ape.

It's always such a joy that you wake up in the morning and there's work to do.

Don't have any opinions. They're bad for business.

All experience helps when you write.