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I got accepted at Yale but never went.

I was probably the first kid in my high school to go to Yale. I applied almost as a lark. Then, when I got there, I was the dumbest person in your class.

I asked my parents for permission to study in America and they were so sure that I wouldn't get in and get a scholarship that they encouraged me to try. So I applied to Yale and got an excellent scholarship. I then worked for the Boston Consulting Group for six and half years.

I graduated in 1930 and I went up to the Yale Drama School for two years.

You know, actually, I went to Yale because I wanted to stay out of the army.

I applied to American Repertory School up at Harvard at got in.

So I decided to start writing plays, and went to Yale.

Because I was from the Midwest and untrained, I was completely open and ready to try anything. Many of my classmates were cynical and jaded; some already had conservatory training, and they were there simply to get that Yale stamp of approval, which they saw as a career stepping-stone.

When I left Yale, I was prepared to write anything.