I think of a plot, I think of an idea, and then I wonder, How can I get that onto the stage? . . . Whatever devices you use should always be there to serve the theme. If the theme has been overtaken by the device, then something's wrong.

The darker the subject, the more light you must try to shed on the matter. And vice versa.

Salad, I can't bear salad. It grows while you're eating it, you know.

Few women care to be laughed at and men not at all, except for large sums of money.

I think of a plot, I think of an idea, and then I wonder, How can I get that onto the stage? . . . Whatever devices you use should always be there to serve the theme. If the theme has been overtaken by the device, then something's wrong.

As a writer one is allowed to have conversations with oneself. What is considered sane in writers is made for the rest of the human race.

There is a school of thought that believes that sleep is for the night. You appear to be out to disprove them.