I write plays not to make money, but to stop myself from going mad. Because it's my way of making the world rational to me.

It's insulting to ask a dramatist what his view of his play is. I have no opinion

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

It's wonderful to be able to sit down and write a play.

I write plays not to make money, but to stop myself from going mad. Because it's my way of making the world rational to me.

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

Fifteen years ago I walked out of a production of one of my plays at the RSC because I decided it was a waste of time.