We all live in a house on fire, no fire department to call; no way out, just the upstairs window to look out of while the fire burns the house down with us trapped, locked in it.

The theatre is a place where one has time for the problems of people to whom one would show the door if they came to one's office for a job.

I'm tired and it's taking an increasing amount out of me, more than I have to give physically. And that's why I want to move to Sicily and buy that little farm and raise a flock of goats and geese. I find it peaceful ... and it would be a nice way to end life.

I cannot write any sort of story unless there is at least one character in it for whom I have physical desire.

At the age of fourteen I discovered writing as an escape from a world of reality in which I felt acutely uncomfortable.

What shouldn't you do if you're a young playwright? Don't bore the audience! I mean, even if you have to resort to totally arbitrary killing on stage, or pointless gunfire, at least it'll catch their attention and keep them awake. Just keep the thing going any way you can.

The helpless can't help the helpless.