I Swear, If You Existed I'd Divorce

I Don't Set Out To Write A Play A Year. Sometimes I've Written Two Plays A Year. There Was A Period Of A Year And Half When I Only Wrote Half A Play. If It Depresses Some Critics That I Seem Prolific, Well, That's Their Problem As Much As Mine.

A Playwright, Especially A Playwright Whose Work Deals Very Directly With An Audience, Perhaps He Should Pay Some Attention To The Nature Of The Audience Response - Not Necessarily To Learn Anything About His Craft, But As Often As Not Merely To Find Out About The Temper Of The Time, What Is Being Tolerated, What Is Being Permitted.

In A Democracy You Cannot Stop Public Access To That Art That Will Most Misinform The People. You Cannot Stop People From Being Misinformed. But What You Can Do Is To Educate The People To The Point That They Will Throw The Rascals Out.

When You Get Old, You Can't Talk To People Because People Snap At You.... That's Why You Become Deaf, So You Won't Be Able To Hear People Talking To You That Way.

Art Is Nowhere Near As Dangerous As It Should Be.