I don't think it's the job of theatre at the moment to provide political propaganda; that would be simplistic. We have to explore our situation further before we will understand it.

I'm not interested in an imaginary world

I think there is no world without theatre.

We are still living in the aftershock of Hiroshima, people are still the scars of history.

If you engage people on a vital, important level, they will respond.

I write about violence as naturally as Jane Austen wrote about manners. Violence shapes and obsesses our society, and if we do not stop being violent we have no future.

In the end I think theatre has only one subject: justice

Violence is hidden within democratic structures because they are not radically democratic - Western democracy is merely a domestic convenience of consumerism.

Auschwitz is a place in which tragedy cannot occur.

The Greeks said very, very extreme things in their tragedies.

We may seem competent, but by the end of next century there will be new deserts, new ruins.

Jumping Jehoshaphat. O Holy Night.

Make peace with yourself and you make peace with the world. - Charmainism

Well, I love clothes.

He who fails to prepare, prepares to fail

People are like birds: on the wing, all beautiful; up close, all beady little eyes.

It's a very important skill set for an actor to be able to bring the humor into any moment, whether you're doing drama or comedy.

The written word endures, the spoken word disappears

At one time MTV was hip and suddenly it became outdated.

Mama raised a hellraiser why cry, That's just life in the ghetto, do or die.

It is a cruel folly to offer up to ostentation so many lives of creatures, as to make up the state of our treats.