GUIL: A scientific approach to the examination of phenomena is a defence against the pure emotion of fear

Sometimes I watch a scene I've written, and occasionally I think, "Oh, for God's sake, shut up."

Life is a gamble, at terrible odds - if it was a bet you wouldn't take it.

In January 1962, when I was the author of one and a half unperformed plays, I attended a student production of 'The Birthday Party' at the Victoria Rooms in Bristol. Just before it began, I realised that Harold Pinter was sitting in front of me.

A play that works well and is done quite a lot - I've never done the math - but it's probably more remunerative than a movie.

I'm the kind of person who embarks on an endless leapfrog down the great moral issues. I put a position, rebut it, refute the rebuttal and rebut the refutation. Endlessly.

James Joyce - an essentially private man who wished his total indifference to public notice to be universally recognized.