I write about violence as naturally as Jane Austen wrote about manners. Violence shapes and obsesses our society, and if we do not stop being violent we have no future.

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.

At the turn of the century theatre does not have to be prescriptive.

I'm interested in the real world.

Religion enabled society to organise itself to debate goodness, just as Greek drama had once done.

In the end I think theatre has only one subject: justice

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