When you write a play, you make a set of assumptions -- that you have something to say, that you know how to say it, that its worth saying, and that maybe someone will come along for the ride.

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

Often we can help each other most by leaving each other alone at other times we need the hand-grasp and the word of cheer.

Thank God I've always avoided persecuting my enemies.

He'd (Reggie Jackson) give you the shirt off his back. Of course he'd call a press conference to announce it.

It's all very well to have principles, but when it comes to money you have to be flexible.

I like ideas. I find them more exciting than human behavior for the most part.

The often heard lament, 'I have so little time,' gives the lie to the delusion that the daily is of little significance.

I have never really believed that acting is very difficult. I think some people have a skill and are able to act, and if you have that natural gift, it's not difficult.

Tybalt’s what we call ‘Cait Sidhe’— the fairy cats. Which explains the attitude. And the eyes.” “Meow,” said Tybalt, deadpan.

When a Benefit is wrongly conferred, the author of the Benefit may often be said to injure.

Our mind is enriched by what we receive, our heart by what we give.