Caryl Churchill

We're all trying to be happy, aren't we?

I'm interested in the way memory works, and how it shapes our identity.

There's no such thing as a neutral observer.

The truth is rarely pure and never simple.

We're all trying to find meaning in our lives, aren't we?

I'm interested in the way language can be used to manipulate and control.

There's no such thing as a single perspective.

I like plays that are provocative, that challenge assumptions.

The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.

We're all trying to connect with each other, aren't we?

People don't want to be reduced to labels.

History is a pack of lies about events that never happened told by people who weren't there.

We're all born with the same amount of love. It's just that some of us don't know how to use it.

Theatre is a place where you can say things that you can't say anywhere else.

Capitalism is a system where the rich get richer and the poor get the picture.

Time is the longest distance between two places.

Women have always been the strong ones.

Power corrupts, but lack of power corrupts absolutely.

In the end, we all become stories.

Cloning isn't about creating life; it's about controlling it.