To punish me for my contempt for authority， fate made me an authority myself.

"A play is a question posed to the audience."

The essence of drama is conflict, and the essence of conflict is human nature.

I'm a failed poet. Maybe every novelist wants to write poetry first, finds he can't, and then tries the short story, which is the most demanding form after poetry. And, failing at that, only then does he take up novel writing.