The Venus flytrap, a devouring organism, aptly named for the goddess of love.

If the writing is honest it cannot be separated from the man who wrote it.

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.

Make this decision today. Will you be a good and honest writer, or would you rather be famous, loved, noticed? Tell me, because there are different paths for these two divergent goals. The decision to be a true artist is lonelier and slower, but it will lead to better work and, I think, a better life. Very rarely you will be a good and honest writer and also know a little comfort and some attention and the well wishes of a crowd. This is very rare.

How beautiful it is and how easily it can be broken.

I think that hate is a feeling that can only exist where there is no understanding.

If you can't be yourself, what's the point of being anyone else?