Every writer's got to pay some attention, I suppose, to what his critics say because theirs is a reflection of what the audience feels about his work.

Few sensible authors are happy discussing the creative process--it is, after all, black magic.

To a certain extent I imagine a play is completely finished in my mind - in my case, at any rate - without my knowing it, before I sit down to write.

I am not interested in living in a city where there isn't a production by Samuel Beckett running.

I said I was impressed, Martha. I'm beside myself with jealousy. What do you want me to do, throw up?

Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf means who's afraid of the big bad wolf ... who's afraid of living life without false illusions.

Art is nowhere near as dangerous as it should be.