I personally would like to bring a tortoise onto the stage, turn it into a racehorse, then into a hat, a song, a dragoon and a fountain of water. One can dare anything in the theatre and it is the place where one dares the least.

Shakespeare was the great one before us. His place was between God and despair.

To become conscious of what is horrifying and to laugh at it is to become master of that which is horrifying

A writer never has a vacation. For a writer, life consists of either writing or thinking about writing.

Every message of despair is the statement of a situation from which everybody must freely try to find a way out.

Why do people always expect authors to answer questions? I am an author because I want to ask questions. If I had answers, I'd be a politician.

Drama lies in extreme exaggeration of the feelings, an exaggeration that dislocates flat everyday reality.