Occasionally it does hit me, the words on a page. And I still love doing that, as I have for the last 60 years.

I don't intend to simply go away and write my plays and be a good boy. I intend to remain an independent and political intelligence in my own right.

Nothing is more sterile or lamentable than the man content to live within himself.

Occasionally it does hit me, the words on a page. And I still love doing that, as I have for the last 60 years.

A short piece of work means as much to me as a long piece of work.

I don't give a damn what other people think. It's entirely their own business. I'm not writing for other people.

There are some things one remembers even though they may never have happened.