Art is the close scrutiny of reality and therefore I put on the stage only those things that I know happen in our society. – Edward Bond
The human mind is a dramatic structure in itself and our society is absolutely saturated with drama. – Edward Bond
I write about violence as naturally as Jane Austen wrote about manners. Violence shapes and obsesses our society, and if we do not stop being violent we have no future. – Edward Bond
Religion enabled society to organise itself to debate goodness, just as Greek drama had once done. – Edward Bond