"I think of a plot, I think of an idea, and then I wonder, How can I get that onto the stage? . . . Whatever devices you use should always be there to serve the theme. If the theme has been overtaken by the device, then something's wrong."

-- Alan Ayckbourn

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“In a certain sense, a writer is an exile, an outsider, always reporting on things, and it is part of his life to keep on the move. Travel is natural.”
“Those who truly understand their faiths understand the stories are metaphorical.”
“God is not usually a burning bush in my life. He's usually a very quiet whisper. And he never shows up too early...but he's also never late, either.”

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“I've learned that no matter how serious your life requires you to be, everyone needs a friend to act goofy with.”
“We consider Christmas as the encounter, the great encounter, the historical encounter, the decisive encounter, between God and mankind. He who has faith knows this truly; let him rejoice.”
“An acre of performance is worth a whole world of promise.”
“I enjoyed debate on the floor but it's not really debate in the same way.”
“To me the sea is a continual miracle; The fishes that swim - the rocks - the motion of the waves - the ships, with men in them, what stranger miracles are there?”

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