I've always had great satisfaction out of writing the plays. I've not always had great satisfaction out of seeing them produced-although often I've had satisfaction there. When things go well in production, on opening there's no nicer feeling in the world-what could be nicer than watching an audience respond? You can't that from a book. It's a fine feeling to walk into the theater and see living people respond to something you've done.

My mother was dead for five years before I knew that I had loved her very much.

You do too much. Go and do nothing for a while. Nothing.

One sits uncomfortably on a too comfortable cushion.

A theme is always necessary, a plain, simple, unadorned theme to confuse the ignorant.

You can't recover from what you do not understand.

I've always had great satisfaction out of writing the plays. I've not always had great satisfaction out of seeing them produced-although often I've had satisfaction there. When things go well in production, on opening there's no nicer feeling in the world-what could be nicer than watching an audience respond? You can't that from a book. It's a fine feeling to walk into the theater and see living people respond to something you've done.