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I write plays because I'm interested in the human condition, and I'm interested in the human condition because I'm a human being.

I think it's very important to be able to change your mind, to be able to look at things from different angles.

There aren't any good, brave causes left.

The highest tribute to the dead is not grief but gratitude.

A fact is like a sack which will not stand up till it is filled with some reason or other. It is the reason which gives it its standing.

The most terrible of all feelings is the feeling of having hope without foundation.

I am not a homosexual playwright. I am a playwright who happens to be homosexual.

I cannot and will not cut my conscience to fit this year's fashions.

The purpose of art is to make us question, not to give us answers.

We are tied to a dead man's dream.

A writer's life is a most lonely life. It is a life of constant self-questioning, of constant doubt, of constant struggle.

Man is a born troublemaker.

I am an enormously talented man, and I have a great deal to offer.

Life is a dream, and we are all dreaming it together.

Don't be afraid of death, be afraid of the unlived life. You don't have to live forever, you just have to live.

We are all of us in a trauma, and we are all of us in a dream.

The structure of a play is always the story of how the human spirit is tested.

There are two tragedies in life. One is not getting what you want. The other is getting it.

A thousand words don't leave the same deep impression as a single deed.

Architecture is not a matter of style, but a matter of truth.