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

Any definition which limits us is deplorable.

All serious art is being destroyed by commerce. Most people don't want art to be disturbing. They want it to be escapist. I don't think art should be escapist. That's a waste of time.

Musical beds is the faculty sport around here.

In the two or three or four months that it takes me to write a play, I find that the reality of the play is a great deal more alive for me than what passes for reality. I'm infinitely more involved in the reality of the characters and their situation than I am in everyday life. The involvement is terribly intense.

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.

You're alive only once, as far as we know, and what could be worse than getting to the end of your life and realizing you hadn't lived it?