A playwright, especially a playwright whose work deals very directly with an audience, perhaps he should pay some attention to the nature of the audience response - not necessarily to learn anything about his craft, but as often as not merely to find out about the temper of the time, what is being tolerated, what is being permitted.

Naturally, no writer who's any good at all would sit down and put a sheet of paper in a typewriter and start typing a play unless he knew what he was writing about.

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.

As a playwright, I imagine that in one fashion or another I've been influenced by every single play I've ever experienced.

I write to find out what I'm talking about.

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.

Martha: Oh, I like your anger. I think that's what I like about you most. Your anger.