After the terrible events of last week, there is still the shock and disbelief; there is anger; there is fear; but there is also, throughout the world, a profound sense of solidarity; there is courage; there is a surging of the human spirit.
I admire pop songs that are perfect at three minutes.
Ultimately one has to pity these poor souls who know every secret about writing, directing, designing, producing, and acting but are stuck in those miserable day jobs writing reviews. Will somebody help them, please?
With my plays, when the lights go down, at least the audience isn't thinking, 'Oh, God, two more hours of this.
Writing a play, you start with less, so more is demanded of you. It's as if you have to not only write a symphony, but invent the instruments as well.
Plays are always about intense relationships, whether they're intense love relationships or family relationships or existential relationships.
I think everything should be in verse. 'The New York Times' should be in verse.
The Ardent Hymn that Unites Peoples.
History, that is to say, the unconscious, universal life of humanity, in the aggregate, every moment profits by the life of kings for itself, as an instrument for the accomplishment of its own ends.
Ambition is the germ from which all growth of nobleness proceeds.
It's horrible to be a sex object at any age, but at least when you're an adult you can make the decision if you want to degrade yourself.