1975 Is As Much A Historical Document

Avoiding Humiliation Is The Core Of Tragedy And Comedy.

I Read Somewhere That Everybody On This Planet Is Separated By Only Six Other People. Six Degrees Of Separation Between Us And Everyone Else On This Planet. The President Of The United States, A Gondolier In Venice, Just Fill In The Names. I Find It Extremely Comforting That We're So Close. I Also Find It Like Chinese Water Torture, That We're So Close Because You Have To Find The Right Six People To Make The Right Connection... I Am Bound, You Are Bound, To Everyone On This Planet By A Trail Of Six People.

Does Any Art Have A Practical Value? People Love To Talk About How Expensive A Painting Is. That's The Only Way We Can Talk About Paintings In This Century.

And What Would Be Great Numbers In A Broadway Show Are Now On Stage Of The New York City Ballet.

I Am The Same Artist With The Same Nagging Questions I Had In My Early 20's. What's Real And What Isn't? How Do We Tell What's Real In Our Lives? How Do We See Things As They Are? What Is My Role In Life? If The Signature Hadn't Forced The Issue By Devoting Its Season To My Plays, I Could At Least Believe I Had Changed. Really, They're All The Same! What Is Six Degrees Of Separation But The House Of Blue Leaves With Money?