I Have Been Vain Since Birth.

In My Early 20s, I Studied History And Politics, And I Really Thought That Perhaps I Would Devote My Life To That.

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.

What I'm Really Involved In When I'm Writing Is Something That No One Ever Mentions When They See Any Play. Writing Is Like Trying To Make Gunpowder Out Of Chemicals. You Have These Words And Sentences And The Strange Meanings And Associations That Are Attached To The Words And Sentences, And You're Somehow Cooking These Things All Up So That They Suddenly Explode And Have A Powerful Effect. That's What Absorbs Me From Day To Day In Writing A Play.

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

Acting Is An Escape From The Boring Person That I Am In Real Life.