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• My alma mater is the Chicago Public Library.
• "The art of the theater is action. It is the study of commitment. The word is an act. To SAY the word in such a way as to make it heard and understood by all in the theater is a commitment -- it is the highest art to see a human being out on a stage speaking to a thousand of his or her peers saying, 'These words which I am speaking are the TRUTH -- they are not an approximation of any kind. They are the God's truth, and I support them with my life,' which is what the actor does on stage." From his book "Writing in Restaurants"
• "Before you can steal fire from the Gods you gotta be able to get coffee for the director" from Bambi Vs. Godzilla: On the Nature, Purpose, and Practice of the Movie Business.
• "We will not encounter art in information any more than we will find love in the arms of a prostitute."

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• That's why theater's like life, don't you think? No one really says what they mean, but they always mean what they mean.
  • related or alternate: People may or may not say what they mean ... but they always say something designed to get what they want.

• We don't have to worry about making it interesting; all we have to worry about is getting rid of the pig. (Three Uses of the Knife)