The Act Of Writing Is An Act

I Swear, If You Existed I'd Divorce You.

When You're Dealing With A Symbol In A Realistic Play, It Is Also A Realistic Fact. You Must Expect The Audience's Mind To Work On Both Levels, Symbolically And Realistically. But We're Trained So Much In Pure, Realistic Theater That It's Difficult For Us To Handle Things On Two Levels At The Same Time.

In Rehearsals I Get So Completely Wrapped Up With The Reality That's Occurring On Stage That By The Time The Play Has Opened I'm Not Usually Quite As Aware Of The Distinctions Between What I'd Intended And The Result. There Are Many Ways Of Getting The Same Result.

A Play Is A Parenthesis That Contains All The Material You Think Has To Be Contained For The Action Of The Play. Where Do You End That? Where The Characters Seem To Come To A Pause... Where They Seem To Want To Stop - Rather Like, I Would Think, The Construction Of A Piece Of Music.

If A Man Writes A Brilliant Enough Play In Praise Of Something That Is Universally Loathed, The Play, If It Is Good And Well Enough Written, Should Not Be Knocked Down Because Of Its Approach To Its Subject.