Writing is a form of personal freedom. It frees us from the mass identity we see in the making all around us. In the end, writers will write not to be outlaw heroes of some underculture but mainly to save themselves, to survive as individuals.

The excitement of theatre is palpable but the frustrations, and the complete absence of a definitive evening - the play as text means practically nothing in a way - , there's no particular performance that is definitive in the way a novel is a solid object you hold in your hands and here it is. You can't say that about a play. If the novel gives us a sense of throbbing consciousness, theater is pure soul, beautiful and elusive.

I understand there are some men who are only half here. Let's not say men. Let's say people. People who are more or less obscure at times.

I was always younger than anyone around me. One day it began to change.

There are two categories of writers, it could be said: The author who is just a voice, and the one who is also creating a picture. I belong to the latter, because I have an acute visual sense.

I see contemporary violence as a kind of sardonic response to the promise of consumer fulfilment in America.

Clouds are no deterrent. Clouds intensify the drama, trap and shape the light.