I Suppose If You Simplify

What Happens In A Play Is Determined To A Certain Extent By What I Thought Might Be Interesting To Have Happen Before I Invented The Characters, Before They Started Taking Over What Happened, Because They Are Three-dimensional Individuals, And I Cannot Tell Them What To Do. Once I Give Them Their Identity And Their Nature, They Start Writing The Play.

Everybody Wants To Go See The Big Hit [at The Theatre]. Not Because It's Any Good. Because It's The Big Hit And Everybody Wants To Be Able To Talk About The Big Hit.

You May Dislike The Intention Enormously But Your Judgment Of The Artistic Merit Of The Work Must Not Be Based On Your View Of What It's About. The Work Of Art Must Be Judged By How Well It Succeeds In Its Intention.

Art Has An Obligation To Offend

First, I'll Kill The Dog With Kindness, And If That Doesn't Work, I'll Just Kill Him.