Like so many addicts, I'd thought that if I could only sort out my life, I could then sort out my drinking. It was a revelation to see that it would be simpler the other way around

Enjoy life. And be careful what you pray for - remember, you will get it all.

The facts don't always reveal the truth, but the truth always reveals the facts.

Water is more precious than oil. Both are more precious than music. Music won't heat a house or help a plant to grow.

I was born with a plastic spoon in my mouth.

In the midnight of a soul's unsleeping, hear the waterfall of women weeping. Hear the distant noise of traffic stalling, hear the prostituted children calling.

What theatre started to look at much earlier than any other form was the internal operations of ordinary people, sometimes using mythic models in order to tell the story.