We respond to a drama to that extent to which it corresponds to our dream life.

I love Superman. I'm a big fan of anyone who can make his living in his underwear.

As long as the protagonist wants something, the audience will want something.

A play is basically a long, formalistic polemic. You can write it without the poetry, and if you do, you may have a pretty good play. We know this because we see plays in translation. Not many people speak Norwegian or Danish or whatever guys like Ibsen spoke, or Russian - yet we understand Chekhov and the others.

If you're writing an opinion piece, it's your job to write your opinion. If, on the other hand, you wrote a novel, as Virginia Woolf tells us, it would be inappropriate if you let your novel be influenced by your political opinions.

Before you can steal fire from the Gods you gotta be able to get coffee for the director.

I go out there. I'm out there every day. [Pause] There is nothing out there.