“Worship isn't destructive, Martin. I know that. I don't. I only know it's the core of his life. What else has he got? He can hardly read. He knows no physics or engineering to make to world real for him. No paintings to show him how others have enjoyed it. No music except television jingles. No history except tales from a desperate mother. No friends. Not one kid to give him a joke, or make him know himself more moderately. He's a modern citizen for whom society doesn't exist.” KnowsWorldGivingRealShowsKidsMotherModernTelevisionPaintingCitizensWorshipJokesPhysicsCoreTalesEnjoyedDesperateDestructiveEngineeringNo FriendsJingles Book:Equus Source: Equus
“You never quite know what's going to strike your imagination, or something that won't going to leave you alone, not going to leave alone, and this was one for me.” KnowsImaginationStrikesLeaving MeNever QuitMe AloneLeave Me AloneOne For Me Author:Peter Shaffer
“Black Comedy is a farce that is played in the dark, as you know, with the lights full on. It's the Chinese convention of reversing light and dark, and exactly where anybody is at any given moment is the play.” KnowsPlayMomentsLightGivenBlackDarkComedyChineseConventionsLight And DarkFarceBlack Comedy Author:Peter Shaffer
“I think I did have fantasies about being an actor. In fact, I know I did.” ThinkingKnowsFactsActorsFantasy Author:Peter Shaffer
“I think plays, like books, are endemic. They grow out of the soil of the writer and the place he's writing about. I think, you just can't move them about, you know.” ThinkingKnowsWritingBookPlayMovingGrowsSoil Author:Peter Shaffer
