Edward Bond

I write plays not to make money, but to stop myself from going mad. Because it's my way of making the world rational to me. ↗

— Edward Bond

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I'm interested in the real world. ↗

— Edward Bond

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I'm not interested in an imaginary world. ↗

— Edward Bond

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If you engage people on a vital, important level, they will respond. ↗

— Edward Bond

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In the end I think theatre has only one subject: justice. ↗

— Edward Bond

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In the past goodness was always a collective experience. Then goodness became privatised. ↗

— Edward Bond

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It seems to me that we are profoundly ignorant of ourselves. ↗

— Edward Bond

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It's politely assumed that democracy is a means of containing and restraining violence. But violence comes not from genes but from ideas. ↗

— Edward Bond

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It's wonderful to be able to sit down and write a play. ↗

— Edward Bond

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Now, drama is quite useful at helping us to understand what our position is and, conversely, we might then understand why our theatre is being destroyed. ↗

— Edward Bond

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