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Howard Barker

I have plenty of political views and plenty of social and personal prejudices. I do not, however, value them.

— Howard Barker value

We are suffocated by writers who want to enlighten us with their truths. For me, the theatre is beautiful because it is a secret, and secrets seduce us, we all want to share secrets.

— Howard Barker truth

I submit all my plays to the National Theatre for rejection. To assure myself I am seeing clearly.

— Howard Barker self

Theatre should be a taxing experience: the greatest achievement of a writer is to produce a character who creates anxiety.

— Howard Barker men

I never 'say' anything in my work. I invent a world. Let others decide what is being 'said'.

— Howard Barker work

I don't like sympathetic characters.

— Howard Barker character

A good play puts the audience through a certain ordeal.

— Howard Barker good

I am so far as I am aware not at all influenced by dramatists, expect for Shakespeare, who I have to say, it is impossible not to be influenced by if you hold language to be the major element of theatre.

— Howard Barker war

I've often taken important classical, biblical or literary stories and interrogated them. I have tried to reinvigorate Lot by interpreting it differently.

— Howard Barker stories

When I write, I am not giving a lecture, I am speculating on behavior. Sometimes this is dangerous, but it should be. As I say often, theatre is a dark place and we should keep the light out of it.

— Howard Barker time

I'm not interested in observed reality.

— Howard Barker reality

I'm not interested in entertainment.

— Howard Barker men

I believe in poetic discourse, in the value of speech in a non-naturalistic way; it's speculative.

— Howard Barker believe

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