Art Has An Obligation To Offend

Sometimes It's Necessary To Go A Long Distance Out Of The Way In Order To Come Back A Short Distance Correctly.

I Think I Sit Down To The Typewriter When It's Time To Sit Down To The Typewriter. That Isn't To Suggest That When I Do Finally Sit Down At The Typewriter, And Write Out My Plays With A Speed That Seems To Horrify All My Detractors And Half Of My Well-wishers, That There's No Work Involved. It Is Hard Work, And One Is Doing All The Work Oneself.

There Are Two Things That A Playwright Can Have. Success Or Failure. I Imagine There Are Dangers In Both. Certainly The Danger Of Being Faced With Indifference Or Hostility Is Discouraging, And It May Be That Success - Acceptance If It's Too Quick, Too Lightning-quick - Can Turn The Heads Of Some People.

As A Playwright, I Imagine That In One Fashion Or Another I've Been Influenced By Every Single Play I've Ever Experienced.

What I Wanted To Get At Is The Value Difference Between Pornographic Playing-cards When You're A Kid, And Pornographic Playing-cards When You're Older. It's That When You're A Kid You Use The Cards As A Substitute For A Real Experience, And When You're Older You Use Real Experience As A Substitute For The Fantasy.