None of us suddenly becomes something overnight. The preparations have been in the making for lifetime.

Actors between plays are like ghosts looking for bodies to inhabit.

The more you respect and focus on the singular and the strange, the more you become aware of the universal and infinite.

Some things arrive in their own mysterious hour, on their own terms and not yours, to be seized or relinquished forever.

Much of the activity we think of as writing is, actually, getting ready to write.

I read constantly. If I don't have a good book, I'm beside myself.

Good teaching is one-fourth preparation and three-fourths pure theatre.