But when you're deprived of it for a lengthy period then you value human companionship. But you have to survive and so you devise all kinds of mental exercises and it's amazing.

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And I believe that the best learning process of any kind of craft is just...

And I believe that the best learning process of any kind of craft is just...

And gradually they're beginning to recognize the fact that there's nothing more secure than a...

And gradually they're beginning to recognize the fact that there's nothing more secure than a...

I'm not one of those writers I learned about who get up in the morning,...

I'm not one of those writers I learned about who get up in the morning,...

Power is domination, control, and therefore a very selective form of truth which is a...

Power is domination, control, and therefore a very selective form of truth which is a...

I don't really consider myself a novelist, it just came out purely by accident.

I don't really consider myself a novelist, it just came out purely by accident.

But theater, because of its nature, both text, images, multimedia effects, has a wider base...

But theater, because of its nature, both text, images, multimedia effects, has a wider base...

One, a mass movement from within, which, as you know, is constantly being put down...

One, a mass movement from within, which, as you know, is constantly being put down...

There are different kinds of artists and very often, I'll be very frank with you,...

There are different kinds of artists and very often, I'll be very frank with you,...

The hand that dips into the bottom of the pot will eat the biggest snail.

The hand that dips into the bottom of the pot will eat the biggest snail.

Very conscious of the fact that an effort was being made to destroy my mind,...

Very conscious of the fact that an effort was being made to destroy my mind,...

There's something about the theater which makes my fingertips tingle.

There's something about the theater which makes my fingertips tingle.

I consider the process of gestation just as important as when you're actually sitting down...

I consider the process of gestation just as important as when you're actually sitting down...

The novel, for me, was an accident. I really don't consider myself a novelist.

The novel, for me, was an accident. I really don't consider myself a novelist.

My horizon on humanity is enlarged by reading the writers of poems, seeing a painting,...

My horizon on humanity is enlarged by reading the writers of poems, seeing a painting,...

Even when I'm writing plays I enjoy having company and mentally I think of that...

Even when I'm writing plays I enjoy having company and mentally I think of that...

Well, first of all I'll say that I come alive best in theater.

Well, first of all I'll say that I come alive best in theater.

Looking at faces of people, one gets the feeling there's a lot of work to...

Looking at faces of people, one gets the feeling there's a lot of work to...

I think that feeling that if one believed absolutely in any cause, then one must...

I think that feeling that if one believed absolutely in any cause, then one must...

I found, when I left, that there were others who felt the same way. We'd...

I found, when I left, that there were others who felt the same way. We'd...

One thing I can tell you is this, that I am not a methodical writer.

One thing I can tell you is this, that I am not a methodical writer.