Every theatre worth anything has somebody in the middle of it who is driving it; like Joan Littlewood with her theatre.

Enjoy things even when you’re screwing up.

When you want to have entertainment, it must be a waste of time. I don't like that. I don't like improvisation being pointless.

I see a great lack of stories around. I bought six literary magazines and looked through them to see what people were doing. There wasn't a story in them. They were all about how poetic the feelings of the author were.

In my school, the library was forbidden. I was accused of turning on the radiator so that the [class]room was uninhabitable and the ceiling came down below; I'm pretty sure I didn't do it. But then we were moved to the library. And there was a really boring history thing, about the Spanish Armada: how could you make that boring?!So I reached my hand out, and slid a book off to read under the desk, and it opened at King Lear Act Four Scene Six. I was astounded. I'd never seen language like it. I was awestruck. I think that may be one reason why I got involved in theatre.

I'm not against work, I think work is great, I work a lot; but if you want to play, the consequences must not be important.

Many teachers think of children as immature adults. It might lead to better and more 'respectful' teaching, if we thought of adults as atrophied children.