Well, all the plays that I was trying to write were plays that would grab an audience by the throat and not release them, rather than presenting an emotion which you could observe and walk away from.

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I know that my works are a credit to this nation and I dare say...

I know that my works are a credit to this nation and I dare say...

There is an open terror of the critics (in New York) and of losing fortunes...

There is an open terror of the critics (in New York) and of losing fortunes...

Certainly the most diverse, if minor, pastime of literary life is the game of Find...

Certainly the most diverse, if minor, pastime of literary life is the game of Find...

A play is made by sensing how the forces in life simulate ignorance-you set free...

A play is made by sensing how the forces in life simulate ignorance-you set free...

He wants to live on through something-and in his case, his masterpiece is his son....

He wants to live on through something-and in his case, his masterpiece is his son....

The job is to ask questions-it always was-and to ask them as inexorably as I...

The job is to ask questions-it always was-and to ask them as inexorably as I...

You cannot catch a child's spirit by running after it; you must stand still and...

You cannot catch a child's spirit by running after it; you must stand still and...

A suicide kills two people, Maggie, that's what it's for!

A suicide kills two people, Maggie, that's what it's for!

The structure of a play is always the story of how the birds came home...

The structure of a play is always the story of how the birds came home...

Maybe all one can do is hope to end up with the right regrets.

Maybe all one can do is hope to end up with the right regrets.

I think it's a mistake to ever look for hope outside of one's self.

I think it's a mistake to ever look for hope outside of one's self.

If I have any justification for having lived it's simply, I'm nothing but faults, failures...

If I have any justification for having lived it's simply, I'm nothing but faults, failures...

I'm the end of the line; absurd and appalling as it may seem, serious New...

I'm the end of the line; absurd and appalling as it may seem, serious New...

Everybody likes a kidder, but nobody lends him money.

Everybody likes a kidder, but nobody lends him money.

I cannot sleep for dreaming; I cannot dream but I wake and walk about the...

I cannot sleep for dreaming; I cannot dream but I wake and walk about the...

If I see an ending, I can work backward.

If I see an ending, I can work backward.

The problem was to sustain at any cost the feeling you had in the theater...

The problem was to sustain at any cost the feeling you had in the theater...

All we are is a lot of talking nitrogen.

All we are is a lot of talking nitrogen.

Man must shape his tools lest they shape him.

Man must shape his tools lest they shape him.

The theater is so endlessly fascinating because it's so accidental. It's so much like life.

The theater is so endlessly fascinating because it's so accidental. It's so much like life.