Patriotism Is Considered To Be

Patriotism Is Considered To Be An Emotion A Person Ought To Feel. But Why? Why Is It Nobler To Love Your Own Country Than To Love Someone Else's?

In An Amusement Park, You Can Go On A Roller Coaster That Carries You Up And Down, Or You Can Go On Another Kind Of Ride That Whirls You Around In A Circle. Similarly, There Are Different Sorts Of Entertaining Experiences In The Theater.

What I'm Really Involved In When I'm Writing Is Something That No One Ever Mentions When They See Any Play. Writing Is Like Trying To Make Gunpowder Out Of Chemicals. You Have These Words And Sentences And The Strange Meanings And Associations That Are Attached To The Words And Sentences, And You're Somehow Cooking These Things All Up So That They Suddenly Explode And Have A Powerful Effect. That's What Absorbs Me From Day To Day In Writing A Play.

Acting Is An Escape From The Boring Person That I Am In Real Life.

In My Early 20s, I Studied History And Politics, And I Really Thought That Perhaps I Would Devote My Life To That.