I'm attracted to the past.

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

My life feels, week to week, incomplete to the level of being pointless if I am not in preparation for the next play or, ideally, into it.

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.

What are a friend's books for if not to be borrowed?

I began writing for theater, and maybe because of that I've always thought of myself as a theater writer who does work in film sometimes.

You can persuade a man to believe almost anything provided he is clever enough, but it is much more difficult to persuade someone less clever.