In the theater, characters have to cut the umbilical cord from the writer and talk in their own voices

The romantic idea is that everybody around a writer must suffer for his talent. I think a writer is a citizen of humanity, part of his nation, part of his family. He may have to make some compromises.

In the theater, characters have to cut the umbilical cord from the writer and talk in their own voices

I've gone on the wagon, but my body doesn't believe it.

I'm not as hopeful as I was when I was young

No writer need feel sorry for himself if he writes and enjoys it, even if he doesn't get paid.

The writer works in a lonely way.