Art is not a mirror held up to reality but a hammer with which to shape it.

He who fights, can lose. He who doesn't fight, has already lost.

Don't expect the theatre to satisfy the habits of its audience, but to change them.

Everyone chases after happiness, not noticing that happiness is right at their heels.

Bank robbery is an initiative of amateurs. True professionals establish a bank.

Who does Not Know the Truth, is simply a Fool... Yet who Knows the Truth and Calls it a Lie, is a Criminal.

Love is also like a coconut which is good while it is fresh, but you have to spit it out when the juice is gone, what's left tastes bitter.

It is not enough to demand insight and informative images of reality from the theater. Our theater must stimulate a desire for understanding, a delight in changing reality.

Don't be afraid of death so much as an inadequate life.

Would it not be simpler If the Government dissolved the people and elected another?

In the dark times Will there also be singing? Yes, there will also be singing. About the dark times.

If you want something new, then come up with a new idea and take action.

Light is found on the green.

Alex resisted the urge to throw Seb off the balcony and see if he could fly.

I'm definitely not a follower. This is our job. This is what we do. If you're not having fun here, you shouldn't be here.

The intangibles are a euphemism for we have no idea what we're looking for but we know it when we see it.

Success? I don't know what that word means. I'm happy. But success, that goes back to what in somebody's eyes success means. For me, success is inner peace. That's a good day for me.

I caught my wife in bed with my best friend the other day. I was crushed. They could have waited till I'd got out.

I came from a family where my people didn't like rhythm and blues. Bing Crosby - "Pennies from Heaven" - Ella Fitzgerald, was all I heard.

My grandmother would croon over every scrap of meat on a sparerib like a medieval relic hunter musing on the knucklebone of a saint.

If you don't want to be stabbed in the back you should be aware of who is standing behind you.