The role of the writer is not simply to arrange Being according to his own lights; he must also serve as a medium to Being and remain open to its often unfathomable dictates. This is the only way the work can transcend its creator and radiate its meaning further than the author himself can see or perceive.

Modern man must descend the spiral of his own absurdity to the lowest point; only then can he look beyond it. It is obviously impossible to get around it, jump…

The truth is not simply what you think it is; it is also the circumstances in which it is said, and to whom, why, and how it is said.

I think theatre should always be somewhat suspect.

To a poet the mere making of a poem can seem to solve the problem of truth:but only a problem of art is solved in poetry.

Much of writing might be described as mental pregnancy with successive difficult deliveries.

Writing is not 'the establishment of a professional reputation' as if one were a doctor or lawyer; it is not properly in the sentence with creation of a family…