My optimistic outlook on life is to sort of be positive and take everyone at face value.
Our society needs to re-establish a culture of caring.
The very right to be human is denied every day to hundreds of millions of people as a result of poverty, the unavailability of basic necessities such as food, jobs, water and shelter, education, health care and a healthy environment.
The most difficult matter is not so much to change the world as yourself.
Rhetoric is not important. Actions are.
It always seems impossible until its done.
Like slavery and apartheid, poverty is not natural. It is man-made and it can be overcome and eradicated by the actions of human beings. Overcoming poverty is not a gesture of charity. It is an act of justice. . . Sometimes it falls upon a generation to be great. You can be that great generation. Let your greatness blossom.
We are all products of our time, vulnerable to history.
A male director doesn't come to situations the same way that a female director would.
I started writing when I was twenty. My first book came out when I was thirty-five. But I never expected that it would happen quickly.
Over the course of a season, a miscue will cost you more than a good play.