Theatre is a series of insurmountable obstacles on the road to imminent disaster.

We're better at predicting events at the edge of the galaxy or inside the nucleus of an atom than whether it'll rain on auntie's garden party three Sundays from now.

Fifty-five crystal spheres geared to God's crankshaft is my idea of a satisfying universe. I can't think of anything more trivial than quarks, quasars, big bangs and black holes.

For a long time I managed to think two things simultaneously, that I am actually a good playwright, and that the next time I write a play I will be revealed as someone who is no good at all.

Act first! The ideas will follow, and if not - well, it's progress

Audiences know what to expect, and that is all that they are prepared to believe in.

I really enjoy working on adaptations.