The mission of the theatre, after all, is to change, to raise the consciousness of people to their human possibilities.

A little man makes a mistake and they hang him by the thumbs; the big ones become ambassadors.

Chris: I don't know why it is, but every time I reach out for something I want, I have to pull back because other people will suffer.

I know you're no worse than most men but I thought you were better. I never saw you as a man. I saw you as my father.

There is a misconception of tragedy with which I have been struck in review after review, and in many conversations with writers and readers alike. It is the idea that tragedy is of necessity allied to pessimism.

People do look to others for some leadership, and it's not bad for them to supply it when they feel that way.

I believe in work. If somebody doesn't create something, however small it may be, he gets sick. An awful lot of people feel that they're treading water -- that if they vanished in smoke, it wouldn't mean anything at all in this world. And that's a despairing and destructive feeling. It'll kill you.