I got to New York when I was eighteen. I was knocking around, trying to be an actor, writer, musician, whatever happened.

The great thing for me, now, is that writing has become more and more interesting. Not just as a craft but as a way into things that are not described. It's a thing of discovering. That's when writing is really working. You're on the trail of something and you don't quite know what it is.

I don't want to be a playwright, I want to be a rock and roll star.

I feel very lucky and privileged to be a writer. I feel lucky in the sense that I can branch out into prose and tell different kinds of stories and stuff. But being a writer is so great because youre literally not dependent on anybody.

This isn't champagne anymore. We went through the champagne a long time ago. This is serious stuff. The days of champagne are long gone.

Keep away from fantasy. Shake off the image.

Caryl Churchill is a writer of some note, but in the sack, she makes me explain everything.