Violence is hidden within democratic structures because they are not radically democratic - Western democracy is merely a domestic convenience of consumerism.

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

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

Shakespeare has no answers for us at all

Art is the close scrutiny of reality and therefore I put on the stage only those things that I know happen in our society.

The human mind is a dramatic structure in itself and our society is absolutely saturated with drama

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