I Have Been Vain Since

It's Obviously A Characteristic Of Human Beings That We Like To Feel Superior To Others, But Our Problem Is We Are Not Superior

What I'm Really Involved In When I'm Writing Is Something That No One Ever Mentions When They See Any Play. Writing Is Like Trying To Make Gunpowder Out Of Chemicals. You Have These Words And Sentences And The Strange Meanings And Associations That Are Attached To The Words And Sentences, And You're Somehow Cooking These Things All Up So That They Suddenly Explode And Have A Powerful Effect. That's What Absorbs Me From Day To Day In Writing A Play.

I'm Being Mocked Because I Don't Live Up To A Socially Determined View Of What Other People Think A Person Should Look Like.

I Was Clever Enough To Know That John Donne Was Offering Something That Was Awfully Enjoyable. I Just Wasn't Clever Enough To Actually Enjoy It.

Patriotism Is Considered To Be An Emotion A Person Ought To Feel. But Why? Why Is It Nobler To Love Your Own Country Than To Love Someone Else's?