I am so far as I am aware not at all influenced by dramatists, expect for Shakespeare, who I have to say, it is impossible not to be influenced by if you hold language to be the major element of theatre.

A good play puts the audience through a certain ordeal.

I’ve often taken important classical, biblical or literary stories and interrogated them. I have tried to reinvigorate Lot by interpreting it differently.

When I write, I am not giving a lecture, I am speculating on behavior. Sometimes this is dangerous, but it should be. As I say often, theatre is a dark place and we should keep the light out of it.

Theatre should be a taxing experience: the greatest achievement of a writer is to produce a character who creates anxiety.

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

I'm not interested in entertainment.