“I'm a great believer in chaos. I don't believe that you start with a f...” — Sam Shepard Quote

“I'm a great believer in chaos. I don't believe that you start with a formula and then you fulfill the formula. Chaos is a much better instigator, because we live in chaos - we don't live in a rigorous form.”

“You sometimes use the excuse, 'I'm a writer, dammit, I can do anything I want,' but that doesn't work.”

“Writing for the theatre is so different to writing for anything else. Because what you write is eventually going to be spoken. That's why I think so many really powerful novelists can't write a play - because they don't understand that it's spoken - that it hits the air. They don't get that.”

“I'm a strong believer that coaches coach and players play.”

“I'm a great believer in the novelist being 'on the scene,' reporting, traveling, meeting all sorts of people.”

“I've always been a believer in research. It's great to have an instinctual human reaction to a character, too, of course, but it has to be countered with knowledge and understanding.”