Of all forms of fiction, autobiography is the most gratuitous.

The names for things don't come first. Words stagger after, hopelessly trying to become the sensation.

Let me get it straight. Your father was king. You were his only son. Your father dies. You are of age. Your uncle becomes king." "Yes." "Unorthodox.

Theater is a recreation. It can be much more, but unless it's recreation, I don't see the point of it.

Beauty is desired in order that it may be befouled; not for its own sake, but for the joy brought by the certainty of profaning it.

You can't but know that if you can capture the emotions of the audience as well as their minds, the play will work better, because it's a narrative art form.

It's the wanting to know that makes us matter.