Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf means who's afraid of the big bad wolf ... who's afraid of living life without false illusions.
Edward AlbeeI think I was probably wondering, having looked at human beings for a long time, wondering if evolution ever took place. And I still have my doubts.
Edward AlbeeSometimes I think the experience of a play is finished for me when I finish writing it. If it weren't for the need to make a living, I don't know whether I'd have the plays produced.
Edward AlbeeI suspect that the theme, the nature of the characters, and the method of getting from the beginning of the play to the end is already established in the unconscious.
Edward AlbeeIf you examine the history of any playwright of the past twenty - five or thirty years - I'm not talking about the comedy boys, I'm talking about the more serious writers - it seems inevitable that almost every one has been encouraged until the critics feel that they have built them up beyond the point where they can control them; then it's time to knock them down again.
Edward Albee