In my opinion, there's nothing new in the theatre, ever. Theatre-makers are thieves, in the honourable tradition of charlatans. They fake it very, very well indeed for the entertainment of everybody else.

In the theatre, we're all charlatans and liars and scavengers and fly-by-nights.

I allow people to create, but I'm also marshalling everybody, which is difficult for my creativity, as I'm like a referee. Everybody else is kicking a ball. It is very messy. From the mess, though, you refine what is there.

Conductors start getting good when everybody else retires.

I can't always live my life for everybody else.

I'm a happy person, and I want everybody else to be happy. Nothing wrong with that.