The structure of a play is always the story of how the birds came home to roost.

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.

Poor brain! How helplessly it dissolves when willing eyes meet and the nose warms to those old jungle scents.

A political policy is equated with moral right, and opposition to it with diabolical malevolence.

Theater is a very changeable art. It responds to the moment in history the way the newspaper does, and there's no predicting what to come up with next.

I'm a fatalist.... I consider I am rejected in principle. My work is and, through my work, I am. If it's accepted, it's miraculous or the result of a misunderstanding.

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