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" Opera needs a major makeover; the large opera houses are too in thrall to their conservative patrons. "

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" I don't think there is any kind of magic about what I do. All of the connections are there, somewhere in the subconscious or in the collective unconscious. If I let the elements speak to each other, then these coincidences will happen. And they do happen. They happen all the time. "

" I never questioned if I was effeminate or not. That didn't matter in the theatre. "

" Theater originated with technology. People forget that. "

" I've always had a passion for geography. Even at a very young age. "

" I will always demand the right for theatre to talk about anything and anyone. Without exception. None. "

" I remember my first review in London said I was the next Peter Brook. I said: 'No way. I'm not Peter Brook. I don't have the maturity, the experience, the intelligence. Don't burden me.' "

" Writing is very much perceived as something distinct from performance. I don't see it like that. "

" There's not a system better than another. There are some people better than others. I'm not anti-democracy, but there's no real system yet that has proven itself to be the right one. "

" Nothing is worse than having your dreams come true. "

" In everything I've done, I've always tried to make room for indigenous people, to include them. "

" Chaos is a good thing. "

" We have a tendency in Quebec - and I include myself in this - to describe ourselves using the past. We're always nostalgic. "

" We should never overestimate an audience's culture, but we should never underestimate their intelligence. "

" Every time we make a new invention, we think we're going to save the world, but eventually, we understand that the real virtues of that new invention have mostly to do with commerce. Then we feel a huge emptiness, and we want to fill it with beauty. "

" I need to have many things cooking at the same time. "

" I never thought of my father when I was growing up. Truly. He was a strong, silent man who worked hard to support his family. "

" Reading fairytales to children expands their imaginations. "

" Artists always try to make something that is going to be relevant and up-to-the-minute. "

" If you decide to work with the opera world, chances are there are going to be people who resist that. "

" I'm a follower of people not necessarily connected with the theater. "

" I think theatre must be an event, an experience, not compete with cinema. When people are able to download stories on Netflix, you need to give them a good reason to jump into the car and drive two hours. It has to be something you can only see in the theatre, and it has to be worth it. "

" Why do we remember stuff from when we were 5 years old but not important facts that are more recent? "

" I always thought I was more of a mommy's boy, because she was charming, talkative, a great storyteller. But as I dug back into my past, I realized I am exactly like my father on so many levels, although I never thought I inherited anything from him. "

" The thing that's interesting about Trump is that when you read 'Coriolanus,' you'd be tempted to draw parallels. But I don't do that. "

" Often, particularly towards the end of the process, I think of myself less as a theatre director and more as someone who just directs the traffic. My job is to move the ideas and bits of the show into the places where they work best. Sometimes my job is also to say, 'No.' "

" The same critics who destroyed 'Seven Streams' when we opened in Edinburgh - and yes, it was horrible - called it one of the most important shows of the 21st century six years later in London. "

" Of course I had friends, but it was very limiting because there was always a chance that at every corner, someone would be laughing at me or waiting to beat me up. I had a very lonely childhood because of that. "

" There is a way to grow old and still have dignity. "

" I like doing very small, intimate things in the morning and then, in the afternoon, to be working on something in a big stadium. "