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

I don't like sympathetic characters.

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

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

I'm not interested in observed reality.

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

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