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" When we were working on 'River Ota' in the '90s, I learnt to read Japanese, which was how I discovered that it incorporates elements of Chinese calligraphy. "

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" 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.' "

" I'm not good at entertainment. I don't give myself to all the interviews, game shows, or talk shows. "

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

" A lot of people hated every moment of my 'Ring.' And a lot of people who had never been to an opera bought subscriptions to the next season. "

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

" People talk about fantastic memories of childhood, but I remember children being cruel to me and wanting to come out of childhood as soon as possible because I knew adults were generally more contained in their cruelty. "

" I don't disagree with the critics often, and I'm not destroyed by bad criticism anymore. There comes a point when you go beyond it. "

" I haven't become a satanist, but I am fascinated by the character of the devil. "

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

" When we did 'The Dragons' Trilogy,' China was a big, mysterious piece of rock that we never thought would even move. It was impenetrable, impossible to deal with. "

" Vegas is the city of temptation. I think, perhaps, it is an experiment by NASA. If we're going to send people to Mars, how will we create false economies and cultures to satisfy them? Vegas has the answer. People go there when they've nothing left to lose. "

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

" I am interested in suffering and, in particular, the Buddhist idea that in pain, you can find beauty. "

" We tend to forget that in those days before the Internet and HBO and Imax and 3-D cinema, opera was the thing. Opera and theatre. If you were a man of the world and you mingled among the happy few, you would be at the opera. "

" Opera is a very stimulating place to work, and I believe it offers the most intense theatrical experience possible. "

" The safety prospects in 'Ka' are the highest in the world. "

" The first 'Ring' in Bayreuth was about the poetical world, the mythological world. "

" Everybody loves Vegas, and everybody puts it down, especially intellectuals and artists. We have to rub our feet on it, but we're all secretly thrilled to be there. "

" There's nothing sadder than when things happen the way you've planned them, because we don't have a lot of imagination, you know. "

" You're only as good as your last movie, period. It's a business. "

" 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. "

" In Las Vegas, you confront yourself with your darkest desires, because they're all possible there. "

" The important thing is not to know where you are going, to be open to accidents. That's what keeps it fun. "

" With the social media phenomenon, where people's opinions inform so much of what we do with our lives, where the number of 'likes' decides what we should program, I cringe. "

" In real life, I am not a lonely person; I have lots of good friends and am active socially. But there are certain aspects of my life when I have felt very alone, utterly alone, and one of them is when I am performing on my own. "

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

" The first time someone stood up in front of the fire and told the story while illustrating it with shadows on the walls of the quarry, that was the birth of theater. "

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

" I want to be surprised by life... I think that's more interesting. "

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