One must let the play happen to one; one must let the mind loose to respond as it will, to receive impressions, to sense rather than know, to gather rather than immediately understand.

I have a fine sense of the ridiculous, but no sense of humor.

Sincerity doesn't mean anything. A person can be sincere and be more destructive than a person who is insincere.

There's always the danger that there are so damn many things that a playwright can examine in this society of ours - things that have less to do with his artistic work than have to do with the critical and aesthetic environment - that perhaps he does have to worry about whether or not he is writing too fast. But then also, perhaps he should worry about getting as many plays on as possible before the inevitable ax falls.

You...you've been here quite a long time, haven't you?" What? Oh...yes. Ever since I married What's-her-name. Uh, Martha. Even before that. Forever. Dashed hopes, and good intentions. Good, better, best, bested. How do you like that for a declension, young man?

First, I'll kill the dog with kindness, and if that doesn't work, I'll just kill him.

The act of writing is an act of optimism. You would not take the trouble to do it if you felt that it didn't matter.