I never 'say' anything in my work. I invent a world. Let others decide what is being 'said'.

We are suffocated by writers who want to enlighten us with their truths. For me, the theatre is beautiful because it is a secret, and secrets seduce us, we all want to share secrets.

Theatre should be a taxing experience: the greatest achievement of a writer is to produce a character who creates anxiety.

I don't like sympathetic characters.

I'm not interested in observed reality.

I submit all my plays to the National Theatre for rejection. To assure myself I am seeing clearly.

When I write, I am not giving a lecture, I am speculating on behavior. Sometimes this is dangerous, but it should be. As I say often, theatre is a dark place and we should keep the light out of it.

The artist who makes himself accessible is self-destructive.

I have plenty of political views and plenty of social and personal prejudices. I do not, however, value them.

A good play puts the audience through a certain ordeal.

I'm not interested in entertainment.

When monetary dealing in religion stops, the religion will manifest its splendor!

Champions are made and not born. Champion’s feat are acquired and not inherited, earned and not transferred, attained and not deposited

We don't lose people, they just slip down like sand through the loop holes we have in ourselves.

Isolation is at the heart of all disease, therefore healing requires community and the support of others.

I don't know. I was just calling it that in my head all along, and so I programmed that name into the processor. What do you think?""It's stupid, " Lourdvang rumbled.

My grandmother was a huge influence on me and the fact that there was this very strong, rather formidable presence of women in my life has been an enormous value.

He who comes first, eats first.

I don't know if there's a lot of patience anymore. I think that could serve a lot of people.

I wanted to write songs that would play themselves on stage, songs that sweep you through their current.

A couple of weeks is a long time in American politics.