The trouble with anyone when they're unhappy or in a relationship they recognize is not working but don't know what to do about is that they can't see farther out than that. If the relationship is not working, if what was there isn't there anymore, you have to do something about it.

Mostly in life people are trying not to have emotions.

I don't tell everyone my life history because if everyone knows your inside-leg measurement, how can you surprise them?

I've never lost a grown-up child, but I have known loss.

I’ve learnt to listen. I don’t think I always did listen. Not just in plays, but in life. And you have to hear what people are saying before you can respond.

People in distress behave in a stressful way. They aren't all sweetness and light. They don't behave well when they are unhappy. That's just what I've observed.

I've had very close relationships with some twentieth-century writers.