The act of writing is an act of optimism. You would not take the trouble to do it if you felt that it didn't matter.

The act of writing is an act of optimism. You would not take the trouble to do it if you felt that it didn't matter.

Edward Albee

I don't like symbolism that hits you over the head. A symbol should not be a cymbal.

I don't like symbolism that hits you over the head. A symbol should not be a cymbal.

Good writers define reality; bad ones merely restate it.

Good writers define reality; bad ones merely restate it.

I created myself, and I'll attack anybody I feel like.

I created myself, and I'll attack anybody I feel like.

I write to find out what I'm talking about.

I write to find out what I'm talking about.

You gotta have swine to show you where the truffles are.

You gotta have swine to show you where the truffles are.

If you have no wounds, how can you know if you're alive?

If you have no wounds, how can you know if you're alive?

Creativity is magic. Don't examine it too closely.

Creativity is magic. Don't examine it too closely.

That's the happiest moment. When it's all done. When we stop. When we can stop.

That's the happiest moment. When it's all done. When we stop. When we can stop.

People often ask me how long it takes me to write a play, and I tell them 'all of my life.'

People often ask me how long it takes me to write a play, and I tell them 'all of my life.'

Art has an obligation to offend

Art has an obligation to offend

School curricula that ignore the arts produce highly educated Barbarians

School curricula that ignore the arts produce highly educated Barbarians

If you're willing to fail interestingly, you tend to succeed interestingly.

If you're willing to fail interestingly, you tend to succeed interestingly.

You don't realize that you're intelligent until it gets you into trouble.

You don't realize that you're intelligent until it gets you into trouble.

The reason people think it's important to be white is that they think it's important not to be black.

The reason people think it's important to be white is that they think it's important not to be black.

This world is white no longer, and it will never be white again.

This world is white no longer, and it will never be white again.

If I am not what you say I am, then you are not who you think you are.

If I am not what you say I am, then you are not who you think you are.

In order to have a conversation with someone you must reveal yourself.

In order to have a conversation with someone you must reveal yourself.

I conceive of God, in fact, as a means of liberation and not a means to control others.

I conceive of God, in fact, as a means of liberation and not a means to control others.