"Letters are meaningless unless put together correctly. Words are worthless unless backed by truth. Sentences are handed out and judged accordingly, but only genuinely honest men or women can create writings that change the world forever."

“My senior year of high school, I was voted Wittiest. So, several years later, I decided to try my hand at writing humor to see if I could be witty enough to make some money.”

“I love New York. But the energy is so intense”

“Teach us to care and not to care”

“I use my intuition. I tell my students: use your brains, but also use another part of yourself.”

Source : "Photographer Jim Goldberg's best shot". Interview with Andrew Pulver, www.theguardian.com. October 21, 2009.

“In the end, the game comes down to one thing: man against man. May the best man win.”

“I would have been a disaster as a career politician. I would never have toed a party line.”

“It's not greed and ambition that makes wars--it's goodness. Wars are always fought for the best of reasons, for liberation or manifest destiny, always against tyranny and always in the best interests of humanity. So far this war, we've managed to butcher some 10,000,000 people in the interest of humanity. The next war, it seems we'll have to destroy all of man in order to preserve his damn dignity.”

Source : Paddy Chayefsky (1995). “The screenplays”

“After the collection of facts, the search for causes.”