“Manhattan is an accumulation of possible disasters that never happen.”
“The room was not impressively large, even by Manhattan apartment-house standards, but its accumulated furnishings might have lent a snug appearance to a banquet hall in Valhalla.”
“ Unlike films, plays don't take place in the past. The fear,anxiety of the actors is happening now, in front of you. If performing is risky, we identify with the possibility of granduer and disaster" ("The Body" and Seven Stories).”
“Memory is the diary that chronicles things that never happened or couldn't possibly have happened.”
“The whole world is a disaster waiting to happen.”
“When the alternative is possible disaster, a man must gamble.”