I Have An Enormous Appetite To See

I Don't Have An Idea For A Play Until After I've Finished Writing It. I Write First, And Come Up With What It's About Later. My Technique Could Be Compared To Having A Large Canvas And Coming In Every Day And Putting A Dot On It Somewhere, And After Several Years - Literally - I Begin To Say, That Reminds Me Of An Elephant, So I Think I'll Make It One.

Patriotism Is Considered To Be An Emotion A Person Ought To Feel. But Why? Why Is It Nobler To Love Your Own Country Than To Love Someone Else's?

When I Was A Child, I Did Always Feel That People Were Hiding Things, And That They Weren't Expressing Their True Feelings. When Adults Are Too Complicated, And Cover Their Emotions With Layers Of Well-intentioned Subterfuge, The Child Isn't Seeing Reality Clearly Enough And Gets Upset.

I Have Been Vain Since Birth. I Expected Other People To Like What I Did, Although My Vanity Has Definitely Diminished Over The Years.

My Style As A Human Being Is To Indulge People Who Need To Escape, Yet I Insist On Confronting Them As A Playwright. It's Quite Embarrassing, It's Quite Unpleasant, It's Quite Awkward.