I never 'say' anything in my work. I invent a world. Let others decide what is being 'said'.

I'm not interested in observed reality.

I submit all my plays to the National Theatre for rejection. To assure myself I am seeing clearly.

I don't like sympathetic characters.

I believe in poetic discourse, in the value of speech in a non-naturalistic way; it's speculative.

Tragedy is the greatest art form of all. It gives us the courage to continue with our life by exposing us to the pain of life. It is unsentimental, it takes us seriously as human beings, it is not condescending. Paradoxically, by seeing pain we are made greater, it becomes a need.

I have plenty of political views and plenty of social and personal prejudices. I do not, however, value them.