Writing has got to be an act of discovery....I write to find out what I'm thinking about.

A lot interests me - but nothing surprises me particularly.

I discover that I am thinking about a play, which is the first awareness I have that a new play is forming. When I'm aware of the play forming in my head, it's already at a certain degree in development.

You want to dance with me, angel tits?

Some writers' view of things depends upon the success of the final result. I'd rather stand or fall on my own concepts. But there is a fine line to be drawn between pointing up something or distorting it.

What people really want in the theater is fantasy involvement and not reality involvement.

Read the great stuff, but read the stuff that isn't so great, too. Great stuff is very discouraging. If you read only Beckett and Chekhov, you'll go away and only deliver telegrams for Western Union.