If you examine the history of any playwright of the past twenty - five or thirty years - I'm not talking about the comedy boys, I'm talking about the more serious writers - it seems inevitable that almost every one has been encouraged until the critics feel that they have built them up beyond the point where they can control them; then it's time to knock them down again.
Edward AlbeeWhat people really want in the theater is fantasy involvement and not reality involvement.
Edward AlbeeOne 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.
Edward AlbeeI suspect that the theme, the nature of the characters, and the method of getting from the beginning of the play to the end is already established in the unconscious.
Edward Albee