You don't push the button that says "Now I will write something that resonates in time." You don't know. It's what happens after a play is finished.

1975 is as much a historical document as 1803.

I'm sure there are some good dramaturgs but I've never worked with one.

I think of the New York City Ballet as the Yankees without George Steinbrenner.

Avoiding humiliation is the core of tragedy and comedy.

Every play is so important. It's a record of what life was like at the time you wrote that play or that book.

Does any art have a practical value? People love to talk about how expensive a painting is. That's the only way we can talk about paintings in this century.