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

Progress is a set of assumptions.

Sometimes it's necessary to go a long distance out of the way in order to come back a short distance correctly.

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

The ultimate judgment of a work of art, whether it be a masterpiece or a lesser event, must be solely in terms of its artistic success and not on Freudian guesswork.

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.

One has always got to be terribly careful, since the theater is made up of a whole bunch of prima donnas, not to let the distortions occur.