I write to find out what I'm talking about.

If you're willing to fail interestingly, you tend to succeed interestingly.

The arts are the only things that separate us from the other animals. The arts are not decorative. ... They are essential to our comprehension of consciousness and ourselves.

Sometimes it's necessary to go a long distance out of the way in order to come back a short distance correctly.

Do you know what a playwright is? A playwright is someone who lets his guts hang out on the stage.

The act of writing is an act of optimism. You would not take the trouble to do it if you felt that it didn't matter.

Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf means who's afraid of the big bad wolf ... who's afraid of living life without false illusions.

You're alive only once, as far as we know, and what could be worse than getting to the end of your life and realizing you hadn't lived it?

You gotta have swine to show you where the truffles are.

One must let the play happen to one; one must let the mind loose to respond as it will, to receive impressions, to sense rather than know, to gather rather than immediately understand.

School curricula that ignore the arts produce highly educated Barbarians

If you read great literature every day, you will uplift your spirit, soul and self.

God may not give that instant dollar bill your seeking, but it's in the little change He brings, that will add to a dollar.

As cheesy as it sounds, nothing beats a smile and a bit of confidence! As long as you feel good on the inside, you can still look beautiful without any makeup at all.

I can usually get the right connection with the crowd and I don't have to be jumping off ladders.

I thought, If people are going to write about what I'm wearing, then I would wear young British designers who need the publicity.

Nothing is rarer than real goodness.

I'm a runner first before anything else.

Be observing constantly. Stay open-minded. Be eager to learn and improve.

The fundamental loss of a desire for God is the heart of original sin.

We have to try to cure our faults by attention and not by will.