“You cant legislate into existence an act of forgiveness and a true confession; those are mysteries of the human heart, and they occur between one individual and another individual, not a panel of judges sitting asking questions, trying to test your truth.” TryingHumansHeartIndividualExistenceMysteryJudgingSittingTestsAskingConfessionHuman HeartCantAsking Questions Author:Athol Fugard
“Anybody who thinks there's nothing wrong with this world needs to have his head examined. Just when things are going all right, without fail someone or something will come along and spoil everything. Somebody should write that down as a fundamental law of the Universe. The principle of perpetual disappointment. If there is a God who created this world, he should scrap it and try again.” IfsThinkingWorldNeedsShouldWritingTryingLawUniversePrinciplesFailingThis WorldFundamentalsDisappointmentPerpetualSpoilTry AgainScrapIf There Is A God Book:Port Elizabeth Plays Source: Port Elizabeth Plays
“There is a desperate tendency to try to legislate artists, to try to lay down rules for their obligations to society. Just leave artists alone. If you are a true artist, you will have a very finely tuned moral mechanism.” IfsTryingArtistMoralLaysObligationTendenciesDesperateMechanismTrue Artists Author:Athol Fugard
