Writing has got to be an act of discovery. Finding out things about what one is writing about.

The final evaluation of a play has nothing to do with immediate audience or critical response.

Musical beds is the faculty sport around here.

I don't like the climate in which writers have to work in the USA and I think it's my responsibility to talk about it.

The arts are the only things that separate us from the other animals. The arts are not decorative. ... They are essential to our comprehension of consciousness and ourselves.

Writing should be useful. If it can’t instruct people a little bit more about the responsibilities of consciousness, there’s no point in doing it.

There are two things that a playwright can have. Success or failure. I imagine there are dangers in both. Certainly the danger of being faced with indifference or hostility is discouraging, and it may be that success - acceptance if it's too quick, too lightning-quick - can turn the heads of some people.