Caryl Churchill

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

You can't just write a play about a woman and say, 'This is a woman's play.' It's about a particular woman in a particular situation.

I'm interested in how power works, how it's exercised, how it's resisted.

The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there.

I don't think there's any such thing as a natural woman. We're all constructed.

What's the point of being alive if you don't try to change things?

We're all trying to get somewhere, aren't we? And we're all trying to get away from somewhere.

I like plays that are difficult, that make you think, that don't give you easy answers.

Language is a very powerful tool. It can be used to liberate or to oppress.

I'm not interested in realism. I'm interested in what's real.

The personal is political.

We live in a world where everything is for sale.

It's not about being a woman, it's about being a person.

I think theatre should be disturbing, it should make you uncomfortable.

The future is not what it used to be.

We're all trying to make sense of the world, aren't we?

I'm interested in the way people communicate, or fail to communicate.

There's no such thing as a simple story.

Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

We're all living in a dream, aren't we?