The play is really a kind of nightmare. It ought to flow rapidly and effortlessly from one moment to another. In London, we had difficulty with the set, which required too much effort to move around. Having gotten the benefit of seeing it done once, I wanted to work on the script, to make it sharper and more pointed.

Well, all the plays that I was trying to write were plays that would grab an audience by the throat and not release them, rather than presenting an emotion which you could observe and walk away from.

Down deep in His heart God is a comedian who loves to make us laugh.

The world is an oyster but you don't crack it open on a mattress

A playwright lives in an occupied country. And if you can't live that way you don't stay.

The arts can do more to sustain the peace than all the wars, the armaments, and the threats and warnings of politicians.

It occurs to me that with all the television people watch, most of their acquaintances are actors.