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.

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.

School curricula that ignore the arts produce highly educated Barbarians

Art has an obligation to offend

Be kind. Be happy. Be free.

Phantasie ist wichtiger als Wissen, denn Wissen ist begrenzt.

There are too many years around this table, too much time confined in one place.

The ultimate profit from all of my businesses is to be happy and to make all of the customers happy.

I don't have much patience for people who enjoy limitless liberty while decrying those who get their hands dirty to make sure it exists for them.

There have been so many great moments, and I feel so blessed every day.

Consider pleasures as they depart, not as they come.

To borrow scarce is better than to beg; As lending, lending upon interest, Scarce better is than stealing.

Self-expression is my goal, I want to be real with my feelings. Singing and dancing and all the joy that goes with performing come from my heart. If I can't feel it, I won't do it.

work is elevated by our daily environment into something that is appropriately done everywhere and at every conceivable moment.