I shall have poetry in my life. And adventure. And love, love, love, above all. Love as there has never been in a play. Unbiddable, ungovernable, like a riot in the heart and nothing to be done, come ruin or rapture.

I don't act, I don't direct, I don't design.

If enough things that are untrue are said about you, no one will know what really is true.

Information is light. Information in itself, about anything, is light.

I cannot say that I write with any social objective. One writes because one loves writing, really.

I still believe that if your aim is to change the world, journalism is a more immediate short-term weapon.

Most British playwrights of my generation, as well as younger folks, apparently feel somewhat obliged to Russian literature - and not only those writing for theatres. Russian literature is part of the basic background knowledge for any writer. So there is nothing exceptional in the interest I had towards Russian literature and theatre. Frankly, I couldn't image what a culture would be like without sympathy towards Russian literature and Russia, whether we'd be talking about drama or Djagilev.