If the playwright is strong enough to hold on to reasonable objectivity in the face of either hostility or praise, he'll do his work the way he was going to anyway.

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

I write to find out what I'm talking about.

I don't feel that catharsis in a play necessarily takes place during the course of a play. Often it should take place afterward.

As a playwright, I imagine that in one fashion or another I've been influenced by every single play I've ever experienced.

If the work of art is good enough, it must not be criticized for its theme. I don't think it can be argued.

The one living playwright I admire without any reservation whatsoever is Samuel Beckett. I have funny feelings about almost all the others.