His last days, a noble confrontation with death, made his life as much a work of art as his plays.

When ghosts begin resolving realistic plays, you can be sure the playwright has failed to master his material, ... The Piano Lesson.

Man is more noble dead than alive, because in returning to the earth he becomes earth, and nothing is nobler than the earth that entombs us, closes our eyes, and blossoms in a beautiful eterneity.

Theatergoing is a communal act, movie going a solitary one.

The primary function of a theater is not to please itself, or even to please its audience. It is to serve talent.

Love, thou art absolute sole Lord Of life and death