I think it would be a disaster. The extraterrestrials would probably be far in advance of us. The history of advanced races meeting more primitive people on this planet is not very happy, and they were the same species. I think we should keep our heads low.

A play is not an essay, nor should it be treated as such.

I don’t ask writers about their work habits. I really don’t care. Joyce Carol Oates says somewhere that when writers ask each other what time they start working and when they finish and how much time they take for lunch, they’re actually trying to find out, ‘Is he as crazy as I am?’ I don’t need that question answered.

不要等待完美时刻，抓住时刻并让它变得完美。

O poeta é um fingidor. Finge tão completamente que chega a fingir que é dor a dor que deveras sente.