That voice that cries out doesn't have to be a weakling's does it?

There will be a quick rash of hairy American filth, but it shouldn't threaten the existence of decent, serious British filth.

Asking a writer what he thinks about criticism is like asking a lamppost what it feels about dogs.

I never deliberately set out to shock, but when people don't walk out of my plays I think there is something wrong.

The British public has always had an unerring taste for ungifted amateurs.

You see I learnt at an early age what it was to be angry - angry and helpless. And I can never forget it. I knew more about - love... betrayal... and death, when I was ten years old than you will probably ever know in your life.

Censorship is the commonest social blasphemy because it is mostly concealed, built into us by indolence, self-interest and cowardice.