Howard Barker

Theatre should be a taxing experience: the greatest achievement of a writer is to produce a character who creates anxiety.

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

We are suffocated by writers who want to enlighten us with their truths. For me, the theatre is beautiful because it is a secret, and secrets seduce us, we all want to share secrets.

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.