The Task Of A Writer Is Not

I'm The Seagull. No, That's Not It. I'm An Actress. That's It.

If You Cry 'forward', You Must Without Fail Make Plain In What Direction To Go.

Sometimes We Go To A Play And After The Curtain Has Been Up Five Minutes We Have A Sense Of Being Able To Settle Back In The Arms Of The Playwright. Instinctively We Know That The Playwright Knows His Business.

The Task Of A Writer Is Not To Solve The Problem But To State The Problem Correctly.

Children Are Holy And Pure. Even Those Of Bandits And Crocodiles Belong Among The Angels.... They Must Not Be Turned Into A Plaything Of One's Mood, First To Be Tenderly Kissed, Then Rabidly Stomped At.