Theatre is, at its roots, some very brave people mutually consenting to a make believe world, with nothing but language to rest on.

A wedding is for daughters and fathers. The mothers all dress up, trying to look like young women. But a wedding is for a father and daughter. They stop being married to each other on that day.

Art is a way of freezing time, or extending time. ... It's another way to bridge the gaps between us.

Have you ever been so melancholy, that you wanted to fit in the palm of your beloved's hand? And lie there, for fortnights, or decades, or the length of time between stars? In complete silence?

There's a word in Japanese for being sad in the springtime - a whole word for just being sad - about how pretty the flowers are and how soon they're going to die.

Catharsis isn’t a wound being excavated from childhood.

We all exist in relation to the world, our partners, the human race.

The director was only invented in the nineteenth century. So directors have only been around for 200 year,s and playwrights have been around since Sophocles and Euripides.

What I really value about being a writer is that I can go to rehearsal when I want to, and then, when I need to be at home writing or with my kids, I go home.

I always thought there would be more interesting people at my wedding.

A multivalent culture is an amazing place to be writing theatre.

Although I think the word "pleasure" is unknown to you. More precisely, its practical meaning". #MilanoVeneziani. #ItalianPassion

Six o'clock means very little to a three-year-old. It works better to say "after dinner, " or "as soon as the baby takes her morning nap.

I've been paying alimony since I was 14 and child support since 15. That's a joke, but not by much

I fight for other people better than I fight for myself.

We can't wave a magic wand and get rid of any of these people's problems, but what they want is they want to be heard.

In Islam, it is not just your right, but your responsibility to get education.

I linger on the flathouse roof, the moonlight is divine. But my heart is all aflutter like the washing on the line.

All politicians, even the most idealistic ones, are looking for money, sucking up to rich people.

For the record, I am not a nut. I am an optimist. That's exactly like a nut except with a better attitude.

Any live venue where there is alcohol served and it's past midnight there is gonna be fights. It doesn't matter if it's Hip-Hop, Rock or Jazz.