A biography for Israel Horovitzhasn’t been written yet.
“Maybe all theatre is going to be irrelevant for all time.”
“I've done nothing with my life but write plays.”
“Radical politics tend to be simple minded.”
“I have seen dozens upon dozens of productions of 'Lebensraum' in dozens of languages around the globe.”
“It's not unusual for people to like Florida in the winter. I'm not a great tourist. I like coming down to work.”
“People expect someone with the name 'Israel Horovitz' to be a little old man with sideburns carrying a Torah.”
“Theatre's great. It's such an act of faith. It's a wonderful art form where you suspend disbelief for a couple of hours. It's a lovely art form because the actors and the audience are alive and in the room at the same time together. That's why I love the theatre.”
“I parle Francais like a Spanish cow.”
“If work isn't rooted in comedy, people will turn from it, or they'll use it like soap opera.”
“I began coming to Paris in the 1960s when I was told audiences here liked my work. More than 20 of my plays have been produced in Paris, and several have had long runs and have returned in revivals.”
“What Lou Tyrrell creates when he has a theater is a birthing center for new plays.”