I think theater ought to be theatrical ... you know, shuffling the pack in different ways so that it's -- there's always some kind of ambush involved in the experience. You're being ambushed by an unexpected word, or by an elephant falling out of the cupboard, whatever it is.

As a playwright, you can cover a lot of waterfront without being able to hold your own against an expert in any of those areas. I have no illusions about that.

It's the wanting to know that makes us matter.

I write scenes - often quite long scenes - mainly because I still get seduced into writing six lines where one and a half will do.

Happiness is equilibrium. Shift your weight. Equilibrium is pragmatic. You have to get everything into proportion. You compensate, rebalance yourself so that you maintain your angle to your world. When the world shifts, you shift.

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

There is truth and falsehood in a comma.