Why am I trying to become what I don’t want to be … when all I want is out there, waiting for me the minute I say I know who I am.

... vulgarity has no nation.

The Greeks used to use the same stories, the same mythology, time after time, different authors. There was no premium placed upon an original story, and indeed, Shakespeare likewise. A lot of people wrote plays about great kings. They didn't expect a brand-new story. It was what that new author made of the old story. It is probably the same now. We disguise it by inventing what seem to be new stories, but they're basically the same story anyway.

Rise early. Write. Disappoint your sons. Read the newspaper. Go to bed early. Success.

Life, woman, life is God's most precious gift; no principle, however glorious, may justify the taking of it.

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

It is rare for people to be asked the question which puts them squarely in front of themselves