I should have the courage of my lack of convictions.

Obviously, you would give your life for your children, or give them the last biscuit on the plate. But to me, the trick in life is to take that sense of generosity between kin, make it apply to the extended family and to your neighbour, your village and beyond.

I think that the present is worth attention, one shouldn't sacrifice it to future conceptions of, of this future or that future.

There we were - demented children mincing about in clothes that no one ever wore, speaking as no man ever spoke, swearing love in wigs and rhymed couplets, killing each other with wooden swords, hollow protestations of faith hurled after empty promises of vengeance - and every gesture, every pose, vanishing into the thin unpopulated air. We ransomed our dignity to the clouds, and the uncomprehending birds listened. Don't you see?! We're actors - we're the opposite of people!

I'm vaguely embarrassed by myself sometimes.

A great production of a black comedy is better than a mediocre production of a comedy of errors.

The fact is that people are attracted to new work and by new work.