Every Monster Was A Man First.

I Don't Pay Much Attention To How The Plays Relate Thematically To Each Other. I Think That's Very Dangerous To Do, Because In The Theater One Is Self-conscious Enough Without Planning Ahead Or Wondering About The Thematic Relation From One Play To The Next. One Hopes That One Is Developing, And Writing Interestingly, And That's Where It Should End, I Think.

Sometimes I Think The Experience Of A Play Is Finished For Me When I Finish Writing It. If It Weren't For The Need To Make A Living, I Don't Know Whether I'd Have The Plays Produced.

All Serious Art Is Being Destroyed By Commerce. Most People Don't Want Art To Be Disturbing. They Want It To Be Escapist. I Don't Think Art Should Be Escapist. That's A Waste Of Time.

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?

A Playwright Has A Responsibility In His Society Not To Aid It, Or Comfort It, But To Comment And Criticize It.