The artist had captured a moment that went on suggesting other moments in the mind of the beholder. This, Timmon told me, was what every painter, every singer, every craftsman sought to create.

For me, writing plays is far more an act of the mind than of the emotions. It's a very different kind of impulse than fiction writing.

Loneliness gave me things that no one did. It gave me pain, It gave me strength to gather myself and stand again. It gave me strength to wait for you.

Men. Young men. Legal age, mind you. But young nonetheless. And it’s not what you think. When we meet, we make … magic.

You have to accept and agree with this short notice that “having a dream is different from fulfilling a dream”. “To have a dream” is just a bargaining process

Politics... have always been the systematic organization of hatreds.

Time to open up a new chapter in life, and to explore a larger centre.

Everything was handed to me - looks, fame, wealth, honour, love. I rarely had to fight for anything

For all that being a parent is normal statistically, it's not normal psychologically. It produces some of the most extreme emotions you'll ever have...

Don't give - give up!

there is not the least wit in my nature. I am a very matter of fact, plain spoken being, and may blunder on the borders of a repartee for half an hour together without striking it out.

When things go right it's hard to figure out why, but when things go wrong it's really easy.