Violence is never a solution in my plays, just as ultimately violence is never a solution in human affairs.

Our unconscious is not more animal than our conscious, it is often even more human

What I try to do in a play is put a problem on stage, head-on, without evasion.

We may seem competent, but by the end of next century there will be new deserts, new ruins.

The one overall structure in my plays is language

The English sent all their bores abroad, and acquired the Empire as a punishment.

Now, drama is quite useful at helping us to understand what our position is and, conversely, we might then understand why our theatre is being destroyed