“A handful of works in history have had a direct impact on social policy: one or two works of Dickens, some of Zola, 'Uncle Tom's Cabin' and, in modern drama, Larry Kramer's 'The Normal Heart.'”
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People shouldn't trust artists and they shouldn't trust art. Part of the fun of art is that it invites you to interpret it.
I don't feel, finally, that my politics are entirely determined by the fact that I'm a gay man.
Accuracy is paramount in every detail of a work of history. Here's my rule: Ask yourself, 'Did this thing happen?' If the answer is yes, then it's historical. Then ask, 'Did this thing happen precisely this way?' If the answer is yes, then it's history if the answer is no, not precisely this way, then it's historical drama.
Artists know that diligence counts as much, if not more, as inspiration in art, as in politics, patience counts as much as revolution.
