Athol Fugard

Forgiveness is a powerful act of healing.

We must never stop learning and growing.

The greatest gift you can give is your presence.

Art is a conversation across time and space.

The human condition is a paradox.

We are all storytellers.

The theatre is a place of transformation.

Empathy is the key to understanding.

The search for truth is a lifelong journey.

My plays are about the struggle for dignity in an undignified world.

Anybody who thinks there's nothing wrong with this world needs to have his head examined. Just when things are going all right, without fail, a screw-up happens.

The only thing that separates us from the animals is our ability to accessorize.

I see my role as a storyteller, to bear witness to the human condition in all its complexity.

In the theatre, we confront the truth that we are all in this together, flawed and beautiful.

Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth.

South Africa is a land of contradictions, where hope and despair dance in eternal tango.

Theater is the most immediate form of human expression; it demands presence.

I've learned that life is a series of small deaths and resurrections.

To write is to wrestle with the demons of one's soul.

In apartheid's shadow, we found our voices in the dark.