Edward Albee

The artist's job is to disturb the comfortable.

Memory is a net, one that serves up the old and the new together.

I write because I have to; it's a compulsion.

Politics and art don't mix well, unless you're Picasso.

The stage is a world in itself.

We live in a world of make-believe.

Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.

Theater is the most immediate of the arts.

I don't believe in happy endings.

Observation is a dying art.

Homosexuality's not a decision; it's a chemical imbalance.

The best plays are those that haunt you after.

Life imitates art far more than art imitates life.

I am an American playwright, and that's my job.

Wit is the only wall between us and the dark.

Education in the arts is essential.

The human condition is absurd.

Plays should be seen, not just read.

I find solace in the absurdity of existence.

Theater is where we confront our demons.