Many players will not improve because they cannot bear self-knowledge.

Every fear hides a wish.

I've been alienating my public since I was 20 years old. When 'American Buffalo' came out on Broadway, people would storm out and say, 'How dare he use that kind of language!' Of course I'm alienating the public! That's what they pay me for.

Listen, here's the thing about an English degree - if you sat somebody down and asked them to make a list of the writers they admire over the last hundred years, see how many of them got a degree in English.

It is the objective of the protagonist that keeps us in our seats.

Put. That coffee. Down. Coffee's for closers only.

The surprise is half the battle. Many things are half the battle, losing is half the battle. Let's think about what's the whole battle.