Howard Barker

I submit all my plays to the National Theatre for rejection. To assure myself I am seeing clearly.

I have plenty of political views and plenty of social and personal prejudices. I do not, however, value them.

I'm not interested in observed reality.

I would've done anything to work with Satyajit Ray.

High heels were invented by a woman who had been kissed on the forehead.

The judge decided in this case that both the state and the defense would have the opportunity to respond to certain kinds of press. This is one such instance.