That's how we stay young these days: murder and suicide.

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

A civil servant doesn't make jokes.

I started writing for the theatre because I hated it.

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.

If I write a new play, my point of view may be profoundly modified. I may be obliged to contradict myself and I may no longer know whether I still think what I think.

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