“The work of man is done behind the back of the natural world. When nature notices, and can muster the energy, it wipes the slate clean again.”

“Life is grace. Sleep is forgiveness. The night absolves. Darkness wipes the slate clean, not spotless to be sure, but clean enough for another day's chalking.”

“You need to be willing to wipe the slate clean and admit that you may not know everything about running. This is the best advice I can give for staying injury-free”

“...you betrayed me, but after all those years I discover, my tears have wiped the slate clean...”

“The ultimate evil is the weakness, cowardice, that is one of the constituentsof so much human nature. When, rarely, unalloyed nobility does occur, itschances of prevailing are slim. Yet it exists, and its mere existence is reasonenough for not wiping the name of mankind off the slate.”

“Truth in theatre is always on the move. As you read this book, it is already moving out of date. it is for me an exercise, now frozen on the page. but unlike a book, the theatre has one special characteristic. It is always possible to start again. In life this is myth, we ourselves can never go back on anything. New leaves never turn, clocks never go back, we can never have a second chance. In the theatre, the slate is wiped clean all the time.In everyday life, "if" is a fiction, in the theatre "if" is an experiment. In everyday life, "if" is an evasion, in the theatre "if" is the truth. When we are persuaded to believe in this truth then the theatre and life are one. This is a high aim. It sounds like hard work. To plays needs much work. But when we experiences the work as play, then it is not work anymore. A play is play.”