You Have To Learn The Language Of

Fifteen Years Ago I Walked Out Of A Production Of One Of My Plays At The Rsc Because I Decided It Was A Waste Of Time.

I Write About Violence As Naturally As Jane Austen Wrote About Manners. Violence Shapes And Obsesses Our Society, And If We Do Not Stop Being Violent We Have No Future.

Art Is The Close Scrutiny Of Reality And Therefore I Put On The Stage Only Those Things That I Know Happen In Our Society.

It's Insulting To Ask A Dramatist What His View Of His Play Is. I Have No Opinion

It's Politely Assumed That Democracy Is A Means Of Containing And Restraining Violence. But Violence Comes Not From Genes But From Ideas