18 Quotes by Robert E. Sherwood

And who are the greater criminals-those who sell the instruments of death, or those who buy them and use them?

The trouble with me is, I belong to a vanishing race. I'm one of the intellectuals.

Tenterhooks are the upholstery of the anxious seat.

We all come from our own little planets. That's why we're all different. That's what makes life interesting.

He must be independent and brave, and sure of himself and of the importance of his work, because if he isn't he will never survive the scorching blasts of derision that will probably greet his first efforts.

Poor, dear God. Playing Idiot's Delight. The game that never means anything, and never ends.

That's the whole story of my life: frustration. It's a chronic disease, and it's incurable.

The only people who grow old were born old to begin with.

To be able to write a play a man must be sensitive, imaginative, naive, gullible, passionate; he must be something of an imbecile, something of a poet, something of a liar, something of a damn fool.