A novel is a static thing that one moves through; a play is a dynamic thing that moves past one.

A neurosis is a secret that you don't know you are keeping.

A city whose living immediacy is so urgent that when I am in it I lose all sense of the past.

A good drama critic is one who perceives what is happening in the theatre of his time. A great drama critic also perceives what is not happening.

One of the things I had to learn as a writer was to trust the act of writing. To put myself in the position of writing to find out what I was writing. I did that with 'World's Fair,' as with all of them. The inventions of the book come as discoveries.

Music is the biggest tool of revolution - the best way to reach out to the youth and involve them. If you can't contribute to the world with your art, I don't see the meaning of life.

When one paints an ideal, one does not need to limit one's imagination.

I love being a mother. I think it's the best thing I've ever done, and I personally feel that it's had a very positive effect on my work. I think it's an encouraging force for creativity, it feeds creativity - it did for me, certainly.