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.

We all lead more pedestrian lives than we think we do. The boiling of an egg is sometimes more important than the boiling of a love affair in the end.

If I had to give young writers advice, I would say don't listen to writers talking about writing or themselves.

No one can argue any longer about the rights of women. It's like arguing about earthquakes.

Statisticians do it with confidence, frequency and variation

My father was often angry when I was most like him.

The past, with its pleasures, its rewards, its foolishness, its punishments, is there for each of us forever, and it should be.