Arthur Miller once payed me a great compliment saying that my plays were 'necessary.' I will go one step further and say that Arthur's plays are 'essential'
Edward AlbeeWriting has got to be an act of discovery....I write to find out what I'm thinking about.
Edward AlbeeI have learned that neither kindness or cruelty by themselves, or independent of each other, create any effect beyond themselves.
Edward AlbeeWhen you're dealing with a symbol in a realistic play, it is also a realistic fact. You must expect the audience's mind to work on both levels, symbolically and realistically. But we're trained so much in pure, realistic theater that it's difficult for us to handle things on two levels at the same time.
Edward Albee